{"id":11149,"date":"2021-08-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetalentedindian.com\/?p=11149"},"modified":"2022-09-08T12:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T07:04:28","slug":"subodh-kerkar-goan-painter-and-installation-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetalentedindian.com\/subodh-kerkar-goan-painter-and-installation-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Subodh Kerkar: Goan Painter and Installation Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Born in Pernem, Goa, on August 26, 1959, Subodh Kerkar\u2019s days were spent around and about beaches and under the impression of his father Chandrakant Kerkar, who was a painter and an art teacher. It was because of him that he had easy access to the traditional medium of watercolours and also the space to master its craft at an early age. By the time he was 15, he was making watercolour landscapes and also exhibiting them at local art galleries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One would think his natural and early inclination towards the field would have led him to move ahead in it but an academically bright child from the start, he took admission in a medical school at the age of 18, which he would complete in 1983. However, even as a student, he devoted some time to art, making illustrations and cartoons for newspapers regularly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After finishing his medical studies then, Kerkar ran his own hospital in Goa for 6 years but then decided to give up the field to spend his time for his passion of visual arts. Setting up a gallery in Calangute, Goa, and doing exhibits across the country, Subodh Kerkar established himself as an eminent Goan painter in the contemporary Indian art scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I like to assimilate any influences that enhance my techniques.”<\/p>SUBODH kERKAR (Saffron Art<\/a>)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

His work is heavily influenced by the sea and its many charms, and the landscape of Goa that he lived around through the major part of his life. Using shells, palm leaves, pebbles, and sand, his installations have made mediums out of the things of the beach. One of his most well known works used 100,000 plastic bottles. Making a point of the environmental concerns of littering, the 2017 project was called \u2018Carpet of Joy\u2019. With a wide range of exhibitions to his name, in India and abroad, the installation maestro has created works that have held social and political meanings too. Another aspect that has largely driven Kerkar\u2019s work has been the democratisation of art and to increase its accessibility for masses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArt needs to be democratised. Art has many functions, and one of the biggest roles it plays is to break the dichotomies of things and create a plural and tolerant society.\u201d<\/p>SUBODH kERKAR (aSIan Curator<\/a>)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kerkar founded the Museum of Goa in 2015. The museum has hosted three editions of the Goa Affordable Art Festival, which has aimed to create a space for a broad range of audiences to interact with contemporary art<\/a> and artists. In 2018, his photo exhibition of fishermen was chosen by the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. In 2019, his sculptures were installed at the Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park, North Yorkshire, England. While he has also delivered lectures in universities in India and abroad. With a degree in medicine and a long-spanning career in art, Subodh Kerkar presently lives and works in Goa.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carpet of Joy<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cones<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lockdown of the lungs<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Palm Leaves<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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