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manish
pushkale
Born 1973 at Bhopal, Manish Pushkale is a trained geologist who learnt art at the college of
art in Bhopal and during his close association with Bharat Bhavan in the city. A winner of the
Raza Foundation award, he is also a recipient of an artist’s residency awarded by the French
Government in 2004. The artist’s work in a minimalist oeuvre makes a foray into abstraction
and spirituality mixed with a vitality and dynamism. The repetitive patterns and sequences
appear like musical notations in some work and mantras in the others. There are also
recognizable geometric shapes- squares, circles and triangles in mesh like forms in variable
tones and frequencies. Besides paintings he has also worked on the Silk Route project during
the Smithsonian Festival in Washington and has done a large mural for Ministry of External
Affairs. His works has been exhibited at Bhopal, Delhi, Mumbai, Paris, London, Munich and
Melbourne amongst other metros around the globe and his work can be seen in various well
known collections. Manish also writes besides being secretary of Ektara foundation. Manish
lives in Delhi and works out of his studio at home.
What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything
has always been and will always be.
Sai Baba
Untitled | 48” x 36” | Oil on canvas | 2009
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