Bhupen Khakhar
Bhupen Khakhar (born March 10, 1934 in Bombay , † August 8, 2003 in Vadodara ) was an Indian painter .
life and work
Bhupen Khakhar studied economics and political science at the University of Mumbai . He completed his studies with a bachelor's degree . He worked full-time as an accountant at Bharat Parikh & Associates in Vadodara.
He took courses as an art critic at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and obtained his master's degree . As an artist, Bhupen Khakhar was self-taught . Collages from the print media, stuck on mirrors, combined with graffiti and gestural painting, marked the beginning of his career and made him one of the first Indian Pop Art artists. In the early 1970s, Khakhar began oil painting and chose motifs that were autobiographically motivated. He made the everyday life of Indians, for example tailors, hairdressers and watchmakers, as well as his assistant for accounting, his subject. David Hockney was one of his artistic sources of inspiration. Kakhar chose topics from his respective surroundings and treats vulnerability, dreams and his homosexual identity openly and with humor.
Kakhar was a central figure in the Baroda School, a loose grouping of figurative painters that also includes Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh and Sudhir Patwardhan .
At numerous exhibitions in India and internationally, such as the IX. The São Paulo Biennial and documenta IX in Kassel featured works by Bhupen Kakhar. The London Tate Modern organized a retrospective for him from June 1 to November 6, 2016, which was subsequently shown in the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin (November 18, 2016 to March 5, 2017).
Exhibitions
- Documenta IX , Kassel
Awards
- 1984 Padma Shri
- 1986 Starr Foundation Fellowship, Asian Council
- 2000 Prince Claus Prize
literature
- Bhupen Khakhar (Artist Monograph) by Timothy Hyman , Mapin Publishing Gp Pty Ltd; 1st edition (July 10, 2006), (English), ISBN 978-0-94414-2-363
Web links
- Bhupen Kakhar at artfacts.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documenta IX: Kassel, June 13–20. September 1992 - Catalog in three volumes, Volume 1, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-89322-380-0 , p. 166.
- ↑ culturebase Buphen Khakar ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on August 13, 2016
- ↑ Prince Claus Fund Buphen Kakhar ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on August 13, 2016 (Dutch)
- ↑ Tate Modern Bhupen Kakhar , accessed August 13, 2016.
- ↑ Bhupen Khakhar. You Can't Please All . Tate Modern website. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ↑ Bhupen Khakhar. You Can't Please All . Website of the Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ↑ Saffronart Bhupen Kakhar , accessed on August 13, 2016 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Khakhar, Bhupen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bombay |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 2003 |
| Place of death | Vadodara |