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Prabhakar Barwe
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A symbolist abstractionist, Barwe was born in Nagoan, Maharashtra in 1936. Born into a family closely associated with the arts, his granduncle, V. P. Karmarkar was a well-known sculptor and his father was an artist working in Bombay`s film studios.
He graduated from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1959. It was during his stay in Varanasi, the holy city of India from 1961 to 1965 that he came into contact with the canon of...
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A symbolist abstractionist, Barwe was born in Nagoan, Maharashtra in 1936. Born into a family closely associated with the arts, his granduncle, V. P. Karmarkar was a well-known sculptor and his father was an artist working in Bombay`s film studios.
He graduated from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai in 1959. It was during his stay in Varanasi, the holy city of India from 1961 to 1965 that he came into contact with the canon of Tantra (mysticism) that influenced his work during that period. His work had a steady evolution that allows one to trace the numerous influences on it.
During his days as a student he was deeply influenced by Paul Klee. It was during that time that he was also involved along with other leading painters like K. G. Subramanyan, Gautam Waghela and Ambadas in the Weaver`s Service Centre, where fine artists worked closely with weavers in the development of modern Indian textile designs.
Starting from 1961, until his death in 1995, he held 12 solo exhibitions. In 1969 he won an award instituted by the Japanese newspaper Yoshihari Shimbun. In 1976 he won an award at the annual exhibition of the Lalit Kala Akademi. Towards the end of his life he wrote a book in Marathi called `Kora (Blank) Canvas` (published by Mouj Prakashan, Mumbai). During the 1980s Barwe`s work was known for the peculiar relationship between object and space. Pieces of objects would emerge from the canvas almost as it they had a will of their own.
He participated in exhibitions both in India and internationally, including the Fifth International Young Artists, Tokyo (1969), II, III, IV and V Triennales, New Delhi (1971, 1975, 1978 and 1982), the Menton Biennale, France (19760, I Asian-European Art Biennale, Yugoslavia, Turkey (1985) and IX Biennale, Valpariso, Chile (1989).
Barwe lived and worked in Mumbai, where he died in 1995.
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Born
March 16, 1936
Nagaon Maharashtra
Died
December 6, 1995
Mumbai
Education
1954-59 Diploma in Fine Arts, Sir J.J School of Arts, Mumbai
Exhibitions
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2015 'Abby Grey and Indian...
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2015 'Abby Grey and Indian Modernism: Selections from the NYU Art Collection', Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York
2013-14 'Prabhakar Barwe: Works 1955 to 1995', Percept Art, Mumbai
2012 'One Eye Sees, the Other Feels', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Legacy: A-Vanguard', Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2010 'Masters of Maharashtra', collection from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi at Piramal Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai
2008-09 ‘Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Indian Art’, Traveling Exhibition presented by Bodhi Art at Ravinder Natya Mandir, P.L.Despande Kala Academy Art Gallery, Mumbai; Sant Dyaneshwar Natya Sankul Art Gallery, Amravati; Platinum Jubilee Hall, Nagpur; Tapadia Natya Mandir Sports Hall, Aurangabad; Hirachand Nemchand Vachanalay’s, Solapur; Acharya Vidyanand Sanskrutik Bhavan, Kolhapur; PGSR Sabhagriha, SNDT, Pune; Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Hall, Nasik
1999 ‘Prabhakar Barwe, S.H.Raza and J.Sabavala – Experiments in Stillness’, The Window, Mumbai
1997 ‘Indian Contemporary Art Post – Independence’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1993 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1987 Gallery Chanakya New Delhi
1983 Gallery Chanakya New Delhi
1982 Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
1978 Gallery Chanakya New Delhi
1973 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1970 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1970 Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi
1968 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1967 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1963 Book Bay Gallery, Wisconsin, USA
1961 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
1995 ‘Water Colors : A Broader Spectrum –II’, with C. Douglas, H. Haloi, P. Kolte, M. Rai, V. Sundaram’, Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi
1993 ‘Reflections and Images’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1992 ‘Journey’s within Landscape’, organized by Sakshi at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 ‘State of the Art’, An Exhibition of Electronically –Aided Canvases, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1988 ‘Seventeen Indian Painters’, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Gallery Chemould, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1984 Gallery 7, Mumbai
1983 ‘Modern Indian Paintings’, Hirsh Horn Museum, Washington D.C, USA
1982 ‘Modern Indian Paintings’, Hirsh Horn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C, USA
1982 ‘Inaugural Exhibition’, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
1981 ‘Indian painting Today’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1978 ‘New Contemporaries’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1977 ‘Pictorial Space’, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1975 ‘Inaugural Exhibition’, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, USA
1972 ‘Inaugural Exhibition’, Gallerie Surya, Freinsheim, West Germany
1970 ‘Indian Painters’, Gallery Coray, Zurich, Switzerland
1970 ‘Indian Painters’, Hamburg, Germany
1969-70 ‘Man and His World’, Indian Pavilion, Montreal, Canada
1969 ‘Art of India and Iran’, USA
1969 ‘5th International Young Artists Exhibition’, Tokyo, Japan
Participations
1989 9th Biennale, Valparaiso, Chile
1985 1st Asian – European Art Biennale’, Titograd, Yugoslavia; Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey
1982 5th International Triennale, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1978 4th International Triennale, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1976 Menton Biennale, France
1975 3rd International Triennale, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1971 2nd International Triennale, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1959-76 National Annual Exhibitions, Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
1983-85 Residency Fellowship Grant at Yaddo
1976 National Award, Lalit Kala Award, New Delhi
1971 Maharashtra State Award
1969 Yomiuri Shimbun Award, Tokyo
1968 Award, Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1964 Award, Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1963 Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1961-65 Yomiuri Shimbun Award, Tokyo
1983-85 Residency Fellowship Grant at Yaddo
1976 National Award, Lalit Kala Award, New Delhi
1971 Maharashtra State Award
1969 Yomiuri Shimbun Award, Tokyo
1968 Award, Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1964 Award, Annual Exhibition, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai
1963 Award, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
1961-65 Yomiuri Shimbun Award, Tokyo
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