Drawings (1252) Fine Art - General (160) Mixed Media Art (1619) Paintings (8728) Photography (1136) Posters (593) Prints (10405) Sculptures (3167) View All Fine Art. His primary interests in paintings veered towards exploring middle class subjects. Jul 5, 2020 - Explore Ieva Krūmiņa's board "BHUPEN KHAKHAR paintings", followed by 189 people on Pinterest. Jul 17, 2014 - This is a collection of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and other Works of Art by the Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar. Decorative Art. Consign with Artsy. Auction Houses. The 6x6 ft canvas had become a milestone in the gay cultural landscape. Consign with Artsy. Permanent collection. Bhupen Khakhar is regarded as one India’s foremost painters. Khakhar speaks for a world largely relegated to the shadows in India. According to the critic Geeta Kapur, "This is Khakhar's private triumph, rescuing the friend from the oblivion of his undistinguished birth and from the kind of morality where he may be taboo." Bhupen Khakhar was a seminal Indian painter known for his intimate scenes of figures amidst richly colored landscapes. Untitled, 2002. 33 9/10 × 33 9/10 in. Swaraj Art Archive . Bhupen Khakhar is remembered as an iconoclast and a maverick, a man who never did what was expected, and who was open about his views on everything – from social sectarianism to his own homosexuality, all of which are reflected in his works. Show artist insights. (61 x 60.6 cm.) He developed a cleanly executed, brightly colored painting style. Bhupen Khakhar (1934-2003) was born in Bombay, studied economics and qualified as a chartered accountant. Leading Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar set a new auction record when his landmark painting ‘Two Men in Benares’ went under the hammer for £2.54 million at a Sotheby’s auction here. Image rights. See more ideas about art, painting, indian contemporary art. Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online. See more ideas about painting, art, indian art. Mar 2, 2019 - My friend Bhupen who I met in 1968 and stayed at Shiv Mahal in Baroda. Bhupen Khakhar is best known for his autobiographical paintings that reflect his innermost desires. At New Jersey Find auction results by Bhupen Khakhar. In this painting, the promise of darkness offers members of marginalized communities the freedom to emerge uninhibited. Active from the 1960s, Khakhar was part of a lively new wave of narrative painting and figuration by artists in India that became known as the Baroda School. Follow. 47 × 35 cm. Khakhar, through the progression of his works, has explored the cultural and personal repercussions of same-sex intimacy, a theme that is relevant even today—the law against homosexuality was repealed only last year in India. Artists. Bhupen Khakhar. Image rights. signed in Gujarati (center right); further inscribed, titled and dated 'At New Jersy [sic.] Born in 1934, Khakhar began his career in art fairly late in life, at the age of 38. Noida, Mumbai, Bengaluru. A lways recognised as one of Khakhar’s most important paintings, this divided and double-scaled image has become something of an icon for gay culture far beyond India. 1986 / Bhupen Khakhar' (on the reverse) Find artworks by Bhupen Khakhar (Indian, 1934 - 2003) on MutualArt and find more works from galleries, museums and auction houses worldwide. Want to sell a work by this artist? (Six Indian Painters, exhibition catalogue, London, 1982, p. 38) Noida, Mumbai, Bengaluru. My friend Bhupen who I met in 1968 and stayed at Shiv Mahal in Baroda. Jul 17, 2014 - This is a collection of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and other Works of Art by the Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar. M ark Hudson warms to this exhibition dedicated to the colourful and subtly complex paintings of the late Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar. Technique and condition You Can’t Please All is a large, square oil painting on canvas by the Indian-born painter Bhupen Khakhar. 86 × 86 cm. (K. Zitzewitz, Midnight to the Boom, Painting in India After Independence, New York, 2013, p. 154), BHUPEN KHAKHAR (1934-2003) Eventually he explored his own sexual identity in his paintings, giving the subject of his works a radical impetus. View Untitled by Bhupen Khakhar on artnet. Auctions. In the early 1980s, Bhupen Khakhar's highly narrative paintings increasingly became autobiographical in their subject matter. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Bhupen Khakhar. Swaraj Art Archive. This is a collection of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and other Works of Art by the Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar. 18 1/2 × 13 4/5 in. Despite having been qualified as a chartered accountant before moving to Baroda in 1962, he joined the Art Criticism course at the Faculty of Fine Arts where he started painting and became involved with the seminal Narrative- Figurative movement. Bhupen Khakhar's "Two Men in Benares" fetched a whopping Rs 22.39 crore at Sotheby's Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art auction on Monday, setting a brand new record for the artist. Jul 17, 2014 - This is a collection of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and other Works of Art by the Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar. Bhupen Khakhar’s oeuvre is characterised by a strong narrative theme and bright kitschy colours. Calling to mind both Indian miniatures and Henri Rousseau, Khakhar’s motifs included a watch repairman’s shop and scenes from Aesop’s Fables. "It is this quality of humanity and vulnerability, an understanding of, an empathy with an alternate reality that makes Khakhar's work so distinct from that of Hockney to whom he is frequently compared. Paintings from this period prominently feature larger than life images of himself and his partner, and are often intimate and confessional. A self-taught artist, Bhupen Khakhar was born in Bombay on the 10th of March 1934. Untitled. Fellow artist and Khakhar's biographer Timothy Hyman notes, "The self is always juxtaposed with the world; the self interrogates, and is interrogated, by the world." View over 146 Bhupen Khakhar artworks sold at auction to research and compare prices. Aug 10, 2020 - Explore Graeme Jukes's board "Bhupen Khakhar", followed by 426 people on Pinterest. Indian, 1934–2003 • Follow. Within its almost six-foot square expanse, a lyrical, golden, map-like landscape, with sadhus and small shrines among trees, is surprisingly juxtaposed against the two giant lovers: the Sexual is located in the Sacred. Sep 21, 2016 - Explore Hemant Basankar's board "Bhupen Khakhar" on Pinterest. (T. Hyman, Bhupen Khakhar, Ahmedabad, 1998, p. 68) Behind the self-referential figure of a single man wearing a bright blue shirt, several ostensibly clandestine encounters take place in shadowy doorways and beside parked vehicles. See more ideas about indian artist, painting, contemporary modern art. To the right of the painting an almost life-size figure of a naked man leans over a balcony and surveys a townscape below him, which occupies the majority of the composition. Paintings from this period prominently feature larger than life images of himself and his partner, and are often intimate and confessional. Together with Anish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bhupen Khakhar (also spelled Bhupen Khakkar, born Bombay 10 March 1934 – died Baroda 8 August 2003) Bhupen Khakhar was a leading artist in Indian contemporary art. Largely self-taught, Khakhar found Rousseau’s art accessible and unintimidating. Swaraj Art Archive. Khakhar speaks for a world largely relegated to the shadows in India. self-taught painter depicted what no one had ever shown before: everyday life in the Indian middle class, as well as intimate scenes revolving around sexuality, illness, and death. His career change was partly thanks to meeting the poet and painter Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh in 1958. oil on canvas Swaraj Art Archive . I am much more concerned with other aspects like warmth, pity, vulnerability, touch [...]'". Indian, 1934–2003 • Follow. Permanent collection. Show artist insights. Oil on Canvas. Mixed media on paper. Follow. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Bhupen Khakhar. See more ideas about baroda, indian artist, painting. Bhupen Khakhar is an Indian artist who is best known for his paintings, but also experimented with installations, glass-painting, ceramics and writing. 24 x 23 7/8 in. 'Hockney is concerned with physical beauty. Jul 17, 2014 - This is a collection of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and other Works of Art by the Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar. Bhupen Khakhar. Subscribe to access price results for 150,000 different artists! Bhupen Khakhar's iconic gay painting 'Two Men in Benares' went for Rs 22.5 crore in a auction in London. Sheikh encouraged Khakhar to attend Faculty of Fine Arts in Baroda and introduced him to many people who Khakhar would later collaborate with. Painting. Fine Art. Through the medium of paint, Khakhar liberates these figures from judgment, social taboos, and conventions. Bhupen Khakhar. Painted in 1986, Art exhibitions and events to look forward to in 2021 — United States and Canada, Virtual tour: The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Gutfreund 834 Fifth Avenue. View Artists studio by Bhupen Khakhar on artnet. Want to sell a work by this artist? Untitled, 3/03/98, watercolor, 29 x 40 cm Idiot, 2003, 46.5 x 34.5 cm, in his last show at Sarjan Art Gallery, From 2003 to 2012 it was part of the collection of Mr. Kamal Rana. His concern was with men alone, Khakhar's concern seems to be as much the men as the metaphysics of their condition. He worked as a chartered accountant for many years before becoming an artist. American Survey Officer by Bhupen Khakhar (1335×1600), This poorly planned show does little to flatter the nebulous talents of India’s first pop artist, An introduction to the artists Bhupen Khakhar exhibiting at Tate Modern, Learn about the top South Asian artists and research their past and upcoming works offered at auction at Christie's. (S. Mehra, 'An Accountant of Alternate Reality', Outlook India, 13 December, 1995), A Pioneering Vision: Works from the Collection of Shumita and Arani Bose, Khakhar widely expanded the area of Indian life visible in painting, but a unique and consistent tone unites his body of work [...] Bhupen's paintings balance satirical distance and loving intimacy with his subjects. As a result Khakhar became … Jul 17, 2014 - This is a collection of Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and other Works of Art by the Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar. Browse through recent auction results or all past auction results on artnet. Bhupen Khakhar (1934 - 2003) LANDSCAPE 1985. It was Rousseau’s work that led Bhupen away from his earliest semi-abstract paintings, towards a more vulnerable language of representation, circumventing the historical and cultural placements of class and caste. He was a member of the Baroda Group and gained international recognition for his work. 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