Share: Portrait of Gandhi | Credit: Manu Parekh. Courtesy: Manu Parekh: Sixty Years of Selected Works, Aleph Book Company. Annapurna Garimella: What does it mean to be an artist working in his seventies? You started painting when you were sixteen and have been making art for seven decades. What does making art mean to you […]
Share:One of India’s most celebrated contemporary artists spoke to Lounge about his life and art, ahead of his Delhi retrospective Manu Parekh at the National Gallery. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint In a cavernous wing of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi, a man perched on a scissor lift is maneuvering a spotlight attached to […]
Share:Known for his several paintings on the city of Varanasi, Parekh is a recipient of the 1982 Lalit Kala Akademi Award and Padma Shri in 1991. He’s performed on the stage and served as an adivsor to the government on matters astistic. Now, a major retrospective and a coffee table book celebrate veteran Manu Parekh’s […]
