Prabhakar Pachpute
Prabhakar Pachpute
Untitled
Rice husk, shadu clay, multani clay,
gum Arabic, paper pulp, cow dung,
orange peel powder and fenugreek powder 7 x 7 x 4.5 inches
2020
Prabhakar Pachpute
Moving cities
Rice husk, terracotta clay, multani clay, gum Arabic, fenugreek powder,
cow dung and glass
6.5 x 5.5 x 3 inches
2020
Prabhakar Pachpute
Rattling knot II (maquette)
Rice husk, red clay, shadu clay multani clay, gum Arabic, paper pulp, fenugreek powder, bamboo and cloth
19.5 x 14.5 x 12 inches
2020 Prabhakar Pachpute
A Fight Over the Mounds
Acrylic, gesso, multani clay, cutouts and pencil on canvas
2021
204 x 192 in; 204 x 141 in; 204 x 141 in
Location: Gallery MMB, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
© Prabhakar Pachpute
Prabhakar Pachpute (1986, born Sasti, Chandrapur) lives and works in Pune, India.
Prabhakar Pachpute works in an array of mediums and materials including drawing, light, stop- motion animations, sound and sculptural forms. His use of charcoal has a direct connection to his subject matter and familial roots, coal mines and coal miners. Pachpute often creates immersive and dramatic environments in his site-specific works, using portraiture and landscape with surrealist tropes to critically tackle issues of mining labour and the effects of mining on the natural and human landscape. Using Maharashtra as a starting point, the artist combines research from around the world and personal experiences, moving from the personal to the global investigating a complexity of historical transformations on an economic, societal and environmental level.
Pachpute received his Bachelor’s in fine arts in sculpture from Indira Kala Sangit University, Khairagarh (Chhattisgarh, 2009) and his MFA from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Gujrat, 2011). He has exhibited extensively with solo shows at Clark House Initiative, Mumbai (2012); Experimenter, Kolkata (2013, 2017 & 2020); National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (2016); Asilo Via Porpora, Milan (2018); and Glasgow School of Art (2019). He has also participated in group exhibitions at Van Abbe museum, Eindhoven (2013); Kadist Art Foundation, Paris (2013); IFA, Stuttgart & Berlin (2013); DRAF, London (2014); MACBA, Barcelona (2015); Parasite, Hong Kong (2017); Asia Cultural Centre, Gwangju (2017); STUK, Leuven (2018); AV Festival, Newcastle (2018); and was part of the 31st São Paulo Biennial (2014); 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial (2014); 14th Istanbul Biennial (2015); 8th Asia Pacific Triennial, Brisbane (2015); and Dhaka Art Summit (2018); 2nd Yinchuan Biennale (2018) and the 4th Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2018), Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai (2019), 3rd Industrial Art Biennale (2020), Artes Mundi 9, Cardiff (2021), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2021), Kunsthalle Bratislava (2021) Prabhakar Pachpute is represented by Experimenter, Kolkata.
Untitled
Rice husk, shadu clay, multani clay,
gum Arabic, paper pulp, cow dung,
orange peel powder and fenugreek powder 7 x 7 x 4.5 inches
2020
Prabhakar Pachpute
Moving cities
Rice husk, terracotta clay, multani clay, gum Arabic, fenugreek powder,
cow dung and glass
6.5 x 5.5 x 3 inches
2020
Prabhakar Pachpute
Rattling knot II (maquette)
Rice husk, red clay, shadu clay multani clay, gum Arabic, paper pulp, fenugreek powder, bamboo and cloth
19.5 x 14.5 x 12 inches
2020 Prabhakar Pachpute
A Fight Over the Mounds
Acrylic, gesso, multani clay, cutouts and pencil on canvas
2021
204 x 192 in; 204 x 141 in; 204 x 141 in
Location: Gallery MMB, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
About the artist
© Prabhakar Pachpute
Prabhakar Pachpute (1986, born Sasti, Chandrapur) lives and works in Pune, India. Prabhakar Pachpute works in an array of mediums and materials including drawing, light, stop- motion animations, sound and sculptural forms. His use of charcoal has a direct connection to his subject matter and familial roots, coal mines and coal miners. Pachpute often creates immersive and dramatic environments in his site-specific works, using portraiture and landscape with surrealist tropes to critically tackle issues of mining labour and the effects of mining on the natural and human landscape. Using Maharashtra as a starting point, the artist combines research from around the world and personal experiences, moving from the personal to the global investigating a complexity of historical transformations on an economic, societal and environmental level.
Pachpute received his Bachelor’s in fine arts in sculpture from Indira Kala Sangit University, Khairagarh (Chhattisgarh, 2009) and his MFA from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Gujrat, 2011). He has exhibited extensively with solo shows at Clark House Initiative, Mumbai (2012); Experimenter, Kolkata (2013, 2017 & 2020); National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai (2016); Asilo Via Porpora, Milan (2018); and Glasgow School of Art (2019). He has also participated in group exhibitions at Van Abbe museum, Eindhoven (2013); Kadist Art Foundation, Paris (2013); IFA, Stuttgart & Berlin (2013); DRAF, London (2014); MACBA, Barcelona (2015); Parasite, Hong Kong (2017); Asia Cultural Centre, Gwangju (2017); STUK, Leuven (2018); AV Festival, Newcastle (2018); and was part of the 31st São Paulo Biennial (2014); 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial (2014); 14th Istanbul Biennial (2015); 8th Asia Pacific Triennial, Brisbane (2015); and Dhaka Art Summit (2018); 2nd Yinchuan Biennale (2018) and the 4th Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2018), Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai (2019), 3rd Industrial Art Biennale (2020), Artes Mundi 9, Cardiff (2021), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2021), Kunsthalle Bratislava (2021) Prabhakar Pachpute is represented by Experimenter, Kolkata.