テート・ギャラリーさんのインスタグラム写真 - (テート・ギャラリーInstagram)「Get to know... 🌴 Indian artist Bhupen Khakhar is best known for his richly coloured paintings, but also experimented with installations, glass-painting, ceramics and writing. Khakhar worked as a chartered accountant for many years before becoming an artist. His career change was partly down to meeting the poet and painter Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh in 1958. Sheikh encouraged Khakhar to attend Faculty of Fine Arts in Baroda and introduced him to many people who Khakhar would later collaborate with. As a result Khakhar became a core figure in the Baroda School; a group of figurative painters who were influential around that time. Khakar is a self-taught painter. His works are sophisticated, painted with vibrant oil, gouache or watercolour and containing imaginative and deeply personal references. He openly explores his sexuality within his work, touching on the personal and cultural implications of same-sex intimacy within Indian society. He often included himself in these amorous or contemplative scenes. You Can’t Please All 1981 was named Khakhar’s ‘coming out painting’ (swipe left to see). The painting depicts the artist on his balcony, naked, watching an ancient fable be re-enacted before his eyes. The fable tells of a father and son taking their donkey to market. As they take turns riding the donkey, passers by comment on who is riding. ‘The father is old so he should ride’, say some, whilst others complain the father is heavy and will overload the donkey. The story is concluded with the fathers refrain “Please all, and you will please none!” For Khakhar this tale reflected his own desire to accept his identity. Bhupen viewed painting as an act of love—for himself and his subjects. The autobiographical element of his work is a starkly honest act of confession, which can be both provocative and moving. 'One can’t hide behind a painting. It is standing naked in front of everyone – what you are you are.' - Bhupen Khakhar (1934-2003) 📷 Bhupen Khakhar painting in his studio 🎨 American Survey Officer 1969, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 🎨 You Can’t Please All 1981 Tate collection」10月21日 0時21分