Chennai: In 2020, just before the pandemic struck and brought life as we knew to a standstill, St+art completed work with 10 national (including five artists hailing from Chennai) and five international artists.
It entailed multiple street art interventions in the form of murals, workshops and curated tours in the Kannagi Nagar neighbourhood of Chennai, along with establishing the area as India’s fifth public art district.
St+art India Foundation and Asian Paints have now announced their return to Chennai this year for the second edition of Kannagi Art District with three additional murals by renowned artist Daku and two emerging artists, Yessiow and Kartikey Sharma.
Being one of India’s biggest resettlements, Kannagi Nagar is one of the most dense neighbourhoods St+art has ever worked in; with a population that extends beyond 80,000 people and a community from different parts of the city and the state.
The purpose and engagement with the art districts created over the past five years, has always been an ongoing process which over the years should keep on getting developed.