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"I am something of a loner, I'd rather immerse myself in a good book or collect my thoughts by talking long, solitary walks. This gives me a clarity of vision that is reflected in my paintings."
Laxman Shreshtha's abstract works are both, sensuous and meditative in their shifts and balances of colour. One can observe a palpable movement from chaos to spiritual peace, in his work. Shreshtha's canvases are an intermingling of...
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"I am something of a loner, I'd rather immerse myself in a good book or collect my thoughts by talking long, solitary walks. This gives me a clarity of vision that is reflected in my paintings."
Laxman Shreshtha's abstract works are both, sensuous and meditative in their shifts and balances of colour. One can observe a palpable movement from chaos to spiritual peace, in his work. Shreshtha's canvases are an intermingling of vivid browns, yellows, reds, oranges and blues. These capture and emote passions dramatically, whether these passions are brooding, fierce or cheerful.
His work is intricately related to the events in his life and the struggles he has had to face. His journey, from being a member of an aristocratic family in Nepal, to a struggling art student on the brink of starvation, made him embark on a spiritual quest, which has been reflected in his work He looked for answers to his early existentialist dilemmas in books on Western philosophy. Later he turned to the Upanishads and to Buddhism. His paintings are a reflection of these experiences. Though abstract, his paintings have a sense of intrigue in them, that leaves the observer, and Shreshtha himself, as he confesses, trying to understand the shades of meaning they present.
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Born
October 18, 1939
Siraha Nepal
Education
1971 Study Tour to Baltimore & San Francisco
1970 Central School of Art & Craft, London
1964-7 Ecole National Superieure des Beaux Arts,Paris The Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris
1957 -62 Diploma in Painting),Sir J.J.School of Arts, Mumbai
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Laxman Shreshtha: The Infinite...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Laxman Shreshtha: The Infinite Project, Jehangir Nicholsan Gallery at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalya (CSMVS), Mumbai
2008 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 ‘Elaborations’, Recent works in Black and White, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1994 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1994 ‘Inaugural Show’, Prithvi Art Gallery, Mumbai
1988 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1987 Gallery Maison Francaise, Nairobi, Kenya
1981 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1980 Gallery Surya Rettberg, Freinsheim, Germany
1979 North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, U.S.A
1976 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1973 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1971 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1970 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1969 NAFA Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
1968 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1964 Tribhuwan College, Kathmandu, Nepal
1963 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 'Nothing is Absolute: A Journey through Abstraction', The Jehangir Nicholson Gallery at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
2012 'Aqua', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2012 'One Eye Sees, the Other Feels', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2008 'Point and Line to Plane VI', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2002 ‘Tribute to Picasso’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Aspects of Modern Indian painting’, organized by Saffronart and Pundole Art Gallery, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
2002 ‘Ideas and Images – Part IV’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2001 ‘Modern Indian Art’, organized by Saffronart and Pundole Art Gallery, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
2001 ‘Similarities and Dissimilarities’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 ‘Ideas and Images – Part III’, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
2000 ‘A Global View : Indian Artists at Home in the World’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 ‘Family Resemblances : Nine approaches to a Mutable Self’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
2000 ‘Distillations’, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
2000 ‘The Cartographer’s Apprentice’, Exchange of Images / An interaction with Ranjit Hoskote’, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 ‘Watermark’, watercolor show organized by Fine Art Resource, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 ‘Icons of the Millennium’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1999 ‘Legatee’, The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
1999 ‘Watercolor’, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi
1999 ‘The Art of Charity’, organized by Sir Jamsetjee Parsee Benevolent Institution at Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
1998 ‘Indian Contemporary Art’, organized by RPG and Bayer, Mumbai, Leverkusen and Mannheim, Germany
1998 ‘A Collector’s Eye’, The Jehangir Nicholson Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA),New Delhi and Mumbai
1998Inscription on the Surface of Time’, drawings by nine post – colonial Indian Artists, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘The Intuitive-Logic I and II’, Mumbai and New Delhi
1997 ‘The Search’, Apparao-Wallace Galleries, New York
1997 ‘Image Beyond Image’, Glenbarra art Museum Collection, Japan, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA),New Delhi and Mumbai
1997 ’50 Years of Freedom of Expression’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘Looking Glass Self’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 ‘Cinemascape – An Artist’s Tribute to 100 Years of Cinema’, Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 ‘Contemporary Indian Painters 1996’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 ‘Bombay – An Artist’s Impression’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 ‘Urban Signals – Shifting Images’, Inaugural Show of Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
1993 ‘State of the Art’, Computer Art Show, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1993 ‘Trends and Images’, Inaugural Show of Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
1993 Asprey Auction, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 ‘Wounds’, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi
1993 ‘Reflections and Images’, Vadehra Art gallery, New Delhi and Mumbai
1993 ‘Parallel Perceptions’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai
1992 ‘Pioneers to the New Generation’, Arts Acre, Kolkata
1992 ‘Husain Ki Sarai’, Inaugural Show organized by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
1992 Group Show with Akbar Padamsee and Jogen Chowdhury, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 ‘‘State of the Art’, First Computer Art Show in India, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1990 ‘Gadya Parva’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1988 ‘Seventeen Indian Painters’, 25 Years of Gallery Chemould and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1987 ‘Indian Drawing Today’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1987 ‘The First Auction’, by Christie’s for Helpage India, Mumbai
1984 ‘Ten Artist’s’, Inaugural Show, Gallery 7, Mumbai
1984 ‘Contemporary Painters’, organized by Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, Raj Bhavan, Mumbai
1981 ‘Indian Painting Today’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1980 Gallery F. Friedrich, Cologne
1972 25 Years of Indian Art, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
1971 Baltimore and San Francisco, U.S.A
1966 Maisons des Beaux Arts, Paris
1966 Salle de la Presse, French Foreign Ministry, Paris
1963 ‘Inaugural Exhibition’, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Participations
2010 'Master’s Corner', organized by Indian Contemporary Art Journal at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; India International Art Fair, New Delhi
2009 'The Miniature Format Show', Sans Tache Gallery, Mumbai
2002 ‘Anniversary Show’, Art Musings, Mumbai
2001 ‘Miniature Format Show’, Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘Perspecta I and II’, organized by Galerie ’88, Kolkata at Mumbai, New Delhi
1996 ‘Silver Jubilee Show’, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1995 ‘The Anniversary Show’, Galerie ’88, Kolkata
1969 ‘Sixth Anniversary Show’, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai
1968 First Triennale of World Art, New Delhi
Honours and Awards
1978-79 Deutscher Akoclemischer Austcuschbienst 1D.A.A.D.}, West Germany.
1971 I.V.P. Grant by the U.S. Government to visit Baltimore and San Francisco
1970 British Council Grant to the Central School of Art and Craft, London
1966 Prix d' Honneur, International Art Exchange Exhibition, New York
1964 French Government Scholarship to Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts and the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris
1978-79 Deutscher Akoclemischer Austcuschbienst 1D.A.A.D.}, West Germany.
1971 I.V.P. Grant by the U.S. Government to visit Baltimore and San Francisco
1970 British Council Grant to the Central School of Art and Craft, London
1966 Prix d' Honneur, International Art Exchange Exhibition, New York
1964 French Government Scholarship to Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts and the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris
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