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Between Word and Image: Reading Ram Kumar

2025-10-08 10:57:13

T. N. Krishnamurthy

Between Word and Image: Reading Ram Kumar

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October 11, 2025    
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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This lecture examines the literary and artistic oeuvre of Ram Kumar, one of India’s foremost modernist voices, through an interdisciplinary lens that foregrounds his fiction and correspondence. Focusing primarily on his novels and letters, the presentation traces themes of existential solitude, urban alienation, and moral ambiguity that permeate his prose, revealing a deeply introspective engagement with post-independence India. His letters—especially those displaced at MAP—offer rare insights into his philosophical temperament and creative process. These textual reflections are then juxtaposed with his abstract paintings, not as separate expressions but as silent extensions of the same emotional and intellectual terrain.

By connecting word and image, the lecture proposes a unified reading of Ram Kumar’s work as a sustained meditation on silence, memory, and the search for meaning.

This programme is conjunction with Shape of a Thought: Letters from Ram Kumar

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T. N. Krishnamurthy

T.N. Krishnamurthy studied Art History at Chitrakala Institute of Advanced Studies, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, and served 15 years as Senior Lecturer at the College of Fine Arts, Bangalore. He has led the ‘Kali Kalisu’ arts education teacher-training initiative at IFA for over three years, training educators and overseeing arts projects in government schools across Karnataka.

A former member of several Boards of Studies in Fine Arts, Krishna focuses on curriculum development, training, and education in dynamic environments, and coordinates multiple academic projects in Karnataka. He enjoys films, newspapers, and travelling to connect with communities, drawing inspiration from his wife and daughter.

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