K. M. Madhusudhanan
Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in the coastal district of Alappuzha, Kerala, India) is an Indian film maker and artist, also known as K. M. Madhusudhanan. His debut feature film, Bioscope has received many awards. He is working with different media in art, including sculpture, printmaking installation art and film. Early life and education K. M. Madhusudhanan was born in 1956 in Alappuzha, a coastal district in Kerala. He studied Painting at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum, Kerala, and Print Making at the Faculty of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He Studied Painting at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum, Kerala and Print Making at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Work He lives in his home state of Kerala. Madhusudhanan's artistic practice flows seamlessly across media. His fascination with images, especially the advent of the moving image and its place in human history, is reflected in a series of films, paintings, drawings, video art and sculptural installations. The feature film Bioscope (2008 film) (2008) is one of his foremost works. It is based on the journey of the then new art form of cinema during the colonial India.He is deeply concerned with issues of war, colonisation, India's film history and manmade borders. Marxism and Buddhism have been decisive influences on his art. 'The Marx Archive: The Logic of Disappearance' is an ongoing project consisting of drawings, sculptural installations and video. From this series, 90 charcoal drawings were shown at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 2014, curated by Jitish Kallat. Selection from the same series and a new series called The Penal Colony' were shown at the Venice Biennale, 2015, curated by Okwui Enwezor. His films have been awarded international and national awards and have been shown extensively in film festivals, art galleries, museums, including Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York 2014- The Marx Archive - The Logic of Disappearance (installation) collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi 2014- 2015- Penal colony (Installation) Collection : collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi 2008- Bioscope (2008 film): Feature Film, produced by National Film Development Corporation of India 2007- History is a Silent Film (Video Art) 2018- Rage, rage against the dying of the light (Light Installation) Exhibitions Museum and institutional shows 2017 Part Narratives, curated by Gayatri Sinha, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai. 2016 Pond Near the Field: Five Artists from Kerala, collateral event by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art with Kochi Muziris Biennale at Madhavan Nayar Foundation, curated by Roobina karode. 2015 Pond Near the Field: Five Artists from Kerala, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), curated by Roobina karode 2015 The Penal Colony, and The Marx Archive: The Logic of Disappearance, 56th Venice Biennale 2014-15 The Marx Archive: The Logic of Disappearance, Kochi Muziris Biennale, curated by Jitish Kallat Solo 56th Venice Biennale, Italy: 'All the World's Futures', Curated by Okwui Enwezor: 9 May 2015 - 22 November 2015 Kochi Muziris Biennale, Noida, India: 'Whorled Explorations', curated by Jitish Kallat: 12 December 2014 - 29