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Manu Parekh
A modern painter whose energetic colour and searching forms return repeatedly to the landscape of Banaras.
Biography
Manu Parekh is an Indian painter whose practice explores the relationship between people and nature, contradiction, and the expressive energy of organic forms. His early work engaged with people and nature; later work draws on rural craft experiences, ritual, animals, still life, heads and Banaras landscapes. Parekh’s long engagement with Banaras maps places of personal and social significance, and his vivid colour and prominent lines respond to surroundings and lived experience.
Awards & Honours
- Padma Shri, Government of India, 1991
- National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, 1982
Exhibitions & Residencies
“Manu Parekh: 60 Years of Selected Works”, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, 26 August–24 September 2017
“Manu Parekh – 60 Years of Selected Works”, NGMA Mumbai, 12 March–15 April 2018, a survey featuring more than 150 works
Selected Works
Featured verified Foundation collection work
Artwork 373
The Foundation catalogue identifies Manu Parekh as artist, acrylic on canvas, genre Figurative / Surreal, contemporary figurative drawing with gestural pastel and charcoal.
