ThiruvananThapuram: When the third phase of Arteria adorns the city walls with beautiful paintings, some artwork with difficulty created in the first phase does not have conservation efforts.
Some wall paintings in Pallayam and PMG showed signs of clear damage.
Some of the mascot hotel wall murals have been dark with soot spots and stains.
Looks that are visible and excessive growth of Mar paintings on the wall of the university stadium.
In addition, peels paint in several other works have distorted artistic creations.
Given the way their artwork is left damaged, the artists are less excited.
“It seems that only a few murals are chosen for renovations.
I have never received a call to renovate me.
With exposure and the time most of this mural looks blunt, especially because it has been five years since the first phase,” said Nemom Pushparaj.
Two years ago, some criminals had also attached posters on a mural stretch near Pallayam which included the work of artists who were celebrated like K subramanyan.
However, Dr.
G Ajit Kumar, who described the project, said the wear was normal and only a mural who needed retouching was treated.
“After exposure to elements for five years, you will never get the original brilliance of paint back.
So, we only focus on some that need to be touched and it’s finished earlier this year,” he said.
In January, a renovation committee was formed under the leadership of Vlatiyorkavu MLA V K Prasanth and included famous artists such as Kanayi Kunjiraman, B D Dattan and tense Joseph.
The arterial project was launched by the Department of Tourism in 2015.
Prabhakar Transportation Secretary, who has pioneered the concept of making wall paintings, said that artwork can be saved by small intervention.
“Most older artwork doesn’t even need paint or touch-up, they only need to clean.
The fact that we have seen little or no vandalism has contributed to the murals that last longer than the three years that we expect.
It talks about Positive response from the Thiruvananthapuram people, “Prabhakar said.
City Corporation had intervened to clean some paintings made during the arterial phase I after various organizations began to stick to the poster on the painting.
Some vandalism actions have also been handled in the past.
However, there is no continuous concrete effort to preserve paintings made by artists during the first phase of the artery.