The 8 ft. tall stone sculpture spreads message of oneness; Former CAVA student designs art work
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The sketch drawn on the stone for carving the sculpture.
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The sculpture that symbolises ‘Welcoming all’ to spread the message of oneness.
Mysore :
A stone sculpture spreading the message “We are all one” has come up in Nazarbad making it as one of the attractive circles in city.
Mysore, known as the Cultural Capital and Heritage City, has added another artistic circle spreading the message of oneness.
The circle is named after late Dr. H.C. Vishnumurthy, Founder of Gopala Gowda Shanthaveri Memorial Hospital, who was also a writer, thinker and a social reformer.
Former MLC D. Madegowda had urged the MCC to name a circle or a road in the surroundings of the Hospital after Dr. Vishnumurthy and the MCC during a meeting decided to name the new circle opposite Ginger Hotel in Nazarbad after Dr. Vishnumurthy.
K. Lokesh, a BFA graduate in Graphic Designing from CAVA and a resident of Kuvempunagar in city, designed the art work. Speaking to SOM, he said that it was decided to install an unique stone sculpture at the circle as the family members of Dr. Vishnumurthy had told him that the sculpture should spread the message of oneness to the public.
According to their instructions, he created a design and showed it to them which they accepted. He further said that a 10 ft. height stone which was six feet wide and weighing nine tonnes was brought from Sadarahalli to the city and sculptor Roopesh with the help of two other artists created the sculpture in 25 days.
The sculpture is now 6 ft. tall, five feet wide in the bottom and three feet wide on the top with a carving of a human spreading the hands etched into the stone. “The open hands symbolises welcoming everyone and is a abstract work,” said Lokesh.
The MCC wanted a statue of Dr. Vishnumurthy to be installed but Dr. Rekha, wife of late Dr. Vishnumurthy and family members did not want that. Instead, they requested the MCC to install a artistic sculpture spreading the message of oneness in society. They also wanted an artistic sculpture as it went with the idea of Mysore being a cultural city.
Interestingly, the family also told the MCC that since there is water scarcity, the circle be developed as a dry one by using pebbles to decorate the circle instead of plants.
Dr. H.V. Santhrupth, son of late Dr. Vishnumurthy, speaking to SOM, said that he was grateful that the MCC and Mysoreans had acknowledged the contribution of his father to health care, education and literature. He said he was also thankful that the MCC agreed to his family’s request not to install a statue or bust of his father and instead have put a artistic sculpture.
Dr. Santhrupth also added that it was time the MCC created circles that were artistic and added ” It not only encourages artists, but also become a taking point among tourists and Mysoreans. It will also promotes Mysore’s image as an cultural and heritage city.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / August 05th, 2014