KOCHI: Inspired by the iconic ‘Triumph of Labour’ statue at Chennai’s Marina Beach, a group of art students from Tamil Nadu are exhibiting a series of installations here under the same name,as part of the Students’ Biennale that runs parallel to the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016. Motivated by the first May Day rally in India held at the Marina Beach, sculptor Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury, who headed the then Madras School of Arts and Crafts crafted in 1959 the iconic bronze statue depicting the working class’ toil.
He used the watchman of the college and his students to model for the monumental piece of work that depicts four men labouring to move a rock. Multiple interpretations of the Labour Statue created by the students are now on display at Anubhuti Gallery at Mattanchery, one of the venues of the Students’ Biennale.