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HAKU SHAHABOUT SHAH

Born in 1934.Haku Shah graduated in Fine Arts from M.S. University Baroda in 1955. In 1959 he did his Masters in Fine Arts from the same university.

Haku Shah is a painter, cultural anthropologist, teacher and author of international repute. He has lectured as a regent professor at the University of California in Davis. He has several important awards and honours to his credit including Nehru Fellowship, the Rockefeller Grant and Gagan Avani Purashkar and the Padma shree.HIS CAREERHis work caught public eye, and by 1965 he had held several one-man shows in Kolkata and Mumbai. In 1968, he curated the 'Unknown India' exhibition, organized by Art Critic Stella Kramrisch at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He received the Rockefeller Grant in the same year and in 1971, the Nehru Fellowship Award.

Over the years, he has carried out extensive field research and documentation on rural and tribal arts and crafts, traditions and folk lore. He has taught at a Gandhian Ashram in south Gujarat for several years and established a tribal museum at Gujarat Vidyapith in Ahmedabad, which was set up by Mahatma Gandhi. Haku curated the museum for several year, which was to become his last legacy.

His work is deeply influenced by the tribal art and culture, a theme on which he has written several of his works, and also Bhakti movement, especially its Nirguna poetry. In 2009, he published his memoirs titled, Manush.PAINTINGS BY HAKU SHAHMEDIUM:SERIGRAPH ON PAPERTHEME: RELIGIOUSSTYLE:NARRATIVECOLOR: MULTICOLOREDSERIES:FAITH AND PASSIONIMAGE SIZE:11.2 X 18.2 INCHEDITION NO:39/300

MANGAL VENU RENU BHOO MANGAL

This Painting Is A Religious Painting Which Gives Us The Fact That The Person Playing The Flute In The Painting Is Lord Krishna. The Background Is Also Has A Cow And The Scenery Is An Iconography To It.The Colour Pallete Is Bright And Multi-coloured.The Technique Used In The Painting Is Serigraph On Paper Which Is A Different Kind Of Paper.It Also Has Some Mantras Written On The Border Of The Figures .The Painting Doesn't Focus Much In The Right Anatomy Of The Figures Instead It Is More Focused On The Feelings Expressed Through The Painting.The Painting Has A Religious Message About Peacefulness And Calmness.REFLECTION

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TITLE: FLUTE PLAYER

The Painting Shows The Religious Belief Of The Lord Krishna Playing The Flute Sitting On The Ground.The Cows In The Background And The Blue Body Is The Iconography Through Which The Proof Is Made Of Lord Krishna.The Colour Pallet Is Bright Blue And White And Brown In The Background.The Technique Used Is Serigraph On Paper

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The Painting Shows Two Men Taking Rest Under A Tree.Shah Has Also Been Called The Painter Of The Folks Which Is Clearly Depicted In The Painting . He Describes Rural And Village Life In His Paintings.The Colour Pallete Is Dull Colours.The Technique Used Is Serigraph On Paper.REFLECTION

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TITLE: HAMSO RAHA NA JAYEThe Painting Is Also About Missing Someone Very Badly. The Name Of The Painting Suggests That Maybe Its Showing Mirabai Missing Lord Krishna Or Radha Missing Lord Krishna. The Colour Pallet Is Blue.The Technique Is Serigraph On PaperDepiction Of Lord Krishna Being Missed By Gopis Can Also Be Possible. REFLECTIONMEDIUM:SERIGRAPH ON PAPERTHEME: WOMENSTYLE:NARRATIVECOLOR: MULTICOLOREDSERIES:FAITH AND PASSIONIMAGE SIZE:11.2 X 18.2 INCHEDITION NO:38/300

SAKHI

The Painting Means Friends .It Depicts The Friendship Between Two Women.The Women Are Standing And Sitting Both Maybe Showing That Friendship Means To Think About The Other One First.The Colour Pallet Is Multi-coloured And Dull.The Technique Used Is Serigraph On Paper.

REFLECTIONAWARDS1968:John D. Rockefeller 3rdFellow, New York, U.S.A.1971: Nehru Fellowship Award, New Delhi1973: Civic Award, Municipal Corporation,Ahmedabad1975:John D. Rockefeller 3rdFellow, New York, U.S.A.1989:Padma Shri, President Of India1991: Regent Professor, California, U.S.A.1997: Kala Ratna,All India Fine Arts And Crafts Society(Aifacs), New Delhi.1998: Kala Shiromani,Lalit Kala Akademi, Ahmedabad2006: Gagan Avani Puraskar,Shantiniketan

SOLO EXBHITIONS1996: Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai1997: The Village Gallery, New Delhi;India International Centre(IIC), New Delhi; The Gallery, Chennai, Art Indus, New Delhi; Herwitz Art Gallery, Ahmedabad1998: Durban Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa;Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh1999: All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, (AIFACS), New Delhi2000: Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Mumbai2002: Visual Art Gallery,India Habitat Centre, New Delhi2004: Coomarswamy Hall,Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai; Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara2005: Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi; Cima Gallery, Kolkata; Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad2007: Time & Space Gallery, Bangalore; Visual Art Gallery,India Habitat Centre, New Delhi2008: Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai;Emami Chisel ArtGallery, Kolkata; Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad (NovDec 2008)

PUBLICATIONS1982:The voice that paints, in Shilpakar, pp.7787, Crafts Council of Western India, Bombay.1984:On Art and Ritual,India International Centre Quarterly, vol. 11, no.4:1433, New Delhi. (Interview with Geeti Sen)1985:Form and many Forms of Mother Clay, Contemporary Indian Pottery and Terracotta (with contributions by Pupul Jayakar, C. Sivaramamurti and Stella Kramrisch) exhibition catalogue for theNational Crafts Museum, New Delhi.1985:Votive terracotta of Gujarat, Mapin Publishers, Ahmedabad. (edited by Carmen Kegal)1985:Gopal, ein indischer Balladensnger zeichnet sein Leben, Jogi Gopal gay chhe, Gopal chitre chhe (German and Gujarati) Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal. (with Barbara and Eberhard Fischer) Gopal singt, Lieder eines indischen Balladensngers und Zeichners, tape and leaflet of songs by Gopal.1987: Some 19th-century gars pata or jajmni documents of Muslim potters in Kutch, in Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Basel, vol. 97:103120, Museum fr Vlkerkunde Basel. (with Eberhard Fischer)1991:Mati in Indigenous Visions, India International Centre Quarterly, New Delhi (interview with Geeti Sen)1992:Tejumeans radiating light, in Brunner and Vogelsanger edit. Teju zeichnet, aus den Malheften einer indischen Familie (pp.512), Vlkerkundemuseum der Universitt Zrich.1992:Contemporary streams of tribal and folk art, exhibition catalogue New South Wales Gallery, Australia.2009:Manush(memoirs).

MAJOR PROJECTS1979: Process Of Technology, Concept And Design,Trope Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.1981: Village Vasna, Concept/Collection And Photos, Museum Of Mankind, London.1983: Form And Many Forms Of Mother Clay, Concept, Design, Curator And Catalogue, Crafts Museum, New Delhi. And Mingei International, San Diego, California.1986: The Art Of The Adivasis, Commissioner, Concept And Design, In Japan, As Part Of "Festival Of India.1988: Form Colour And Creativity, Curator, Concept And Design, Crafts Museum, New Delhi.1989: Shilpa Gram, Created Permanent Village As Museum, Craft Centre, Revival Of Arts And Crafts And Theatre, Concept And Design, Udaipur.1990: Shilpa Mela, Arts And Crafts Fair At Ahmedabad, Visualizer, Designer And Consultant, For Handicrafts Corporation, Government Of Gujarat.

REFRENCINGhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haku_Shahhttp://www.hakushah.com/aboutus.aspxhttp://www.artintaglio.in/ArtistGallery.jsp?pg=1&ArtistId=52www.google.co.in/images/hakushah

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