Art in Three Dimensions

With a major retrospective by Vadehra Art Gallery, artist A. Ramachandran's sculptures finally get the attention they deserve

- Amit Dixit

You may know A. Ramachandran (1935—) for his large, colourful and arresting canvases that make ample use of archetypal Indian imagery. Less known are his sculptures, although the artist has been creating them alongside his paintings over the years. “Even though I have created so many sculptures, they were always exhibited along with my paintings, so they did not get their due prominence. Besides, the interest in seeing and buying sculptures was never as popular as in the case of paintings and drawings,” he says.