Yashwant Deshmukh

Born 1963, Maharashtra, India.

Yashwant celebrates the existence of objects that are part of his urban reality. He
accentuates the lyrical and meditative elements of the object, and preserves the
resonance in a monochromatic painterly treatment. This is an exercise in simplification
of form. His objects become intimate autobiographical evocations that celebrate the
poetry in our everyday reality. In most of his work the sculptural qualities are
highlighted, and there is play with scale to make them larger than life. He celebrates
the ordinary ubiquitous object and gives it iconic status. His objects grow beyond human
scale and control. He limits his palette to a narrow range of tones which transform the
objects into subtle poetic images; objects that symbolize the ordinary and are an
extension of the body.
The artist has been exploring the phenomena of spatial perspective, and dialogues with
colours with precision and assurance. He is able to create an eerie stillness and silence
with these objects of utility and beauty. The heavily textured background has an
abstract quality that creates spatial dimensions to locate his objects in focus. The pictorial
devices are largely monochromatic browns and grey...

1988 Bachelor of fine art (painting) from Sir J. J. School of art, Mumbai (INDIA)

SOLO SHOWS -
2012 - ‘MONOLOGUE, moulding the human clay’ solo show at Tao art gallery, Mumbai
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2008 - ‘Circling the mountain of light’ a solo show at Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai.

- ‘Regarding The cone’ a solo show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

2007- solo show at Shridharani art gallery, New Delhi, organized by Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai.

2006- Solo show at Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai.

2005- Solo show at Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai. Solo show of paintings at Viart gallery, New Delhi.

2003 - Solo show at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

1997 - Solo Exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

Solo exhibition at ‘NAZAR’­ a Gallery of contemporary art, Baroda.

1996 - Solo exhibition at Gallery Jean Cocteau, Alliance Francaise de Bombay, in association with Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai.

GROUP SHOWS
2018 - ‘SARANG’, a senior artist’s group exhibition - Busan, Republic of Korea.

2018 - The 1st Mumbai Biennale 2018, K-art International ExcAssociation, Korea and InKo Centre, in association with Sir J. J. School of art, Mumbai.

2017 - G...