Portraying the lost generation

One of the radical messages that artist Chandranandan conveys through his works is an appeal to women not to give birth. The 10 paintings and 25 photos were exhibited at the Russian Cultural Center of Thiruvananthapuram.

According to the artist, the contemporary times cradle a lost generation, which is a wide majority who are born in poverty, live in misery and end up as criminals in jail. He terms the lost generation as those ‘who neither know English nor Math or Grammar’ due to the circumstances they are born into. It is better if they are not born if they are destined to live in misery, he seems to say.

Chandranandan told DC that he has travelled across the country in search of those frames that befit his theme. He took many risks in photographing the poor and the homeless of the land since most of the pictures were taken without their knowledge. Indirectly, he is arguing for the intellectual empowerment of women and their choice to practise free will.

Chandranandan who has served as publication artist in the Agricultural University also displays his ideas on improving the agricultural yield by tissue culture, his love for nature and green revolution through his paintings.