A Life in Lines: The World of S.K. Rajavelu S.K. Rajavelu, born in Tamil Nadu, India, in 1941 and passing away in Chennai in 2015, was an artist deeply committed to the power of line drawing. While his work often sparked conversation – sometimes controversy – due to its frank depictions of the human form, at its core lay a profound love for life expressed through a minimalist yet intensely evocative visual language. Rajavelu’s artistic journey began with formal training at the Government College of Arts and Crafts in Madras, where he earned his Diploma in Fine Arts in 1963. This foundational…