Art with a unique ap‘peel’

Chennai | Saturday | 19th October, 2019

Summary:

The artist carved the faces of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China President Xi Jinping on a watermelon during their visit to Mamallapuram. “It’s called edible art since the vegetable or fruit that I can work on can be eaten. Visual treatThe artist has carved images of lesser-known leaders for Tamil Semmozhi Manadu in 2010 and earned appreciation from former late chief minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi. His work also includes the 100 avatars of former late chief minister of Tamil Nadu MG Ramachandran created on his 100th birth anniversary. My dream is to travel to countries like Thailand, China, and Malaysia where food art has been practiced since ancient times, and learn a few techniques for my art..