National Award-winning sculptor Maria Antony Raj on his work inspired by animal behaviour
The Hindu
Chennai-based, National Award-winning sculptor Maria Antony Raj on why his work is a reflection of simpler times
A colony of ants is frozen in motion. They seem to trudge across a wall and around what appears to be three golden domes and work together, typical of their behaviour. But here, they are made of copper and brass.
National Award-winning artist Maria Antony Raj’s sculpture, titled Ants, says volumes about his preoccupation with natural phenomena that inspire human behaviour. Ants and his other sculptures that have been in the making for the last 15 years, now stand in DakshinaChitra Museum’s Kadambari Art Gallery for public viewing.
The artist, who resides and works from Cholamandal Artists’ Village, is a man of very few words. But his work speaks for itself.













