Bhupen Khakhar (also spelled Bhupen Khakkar, born Bombay10 March 1934 died Baroda 8 August 2003) Bhupen

Khakharwas a leading artist in Indian contemporary art. He worked in Baroda, and gained international recognition for his work.
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Khakhar's often openly homosexual themes attracted special notice. Homosexuality was something that at the time was rarely
addressed in India. The artist explored his own homosexuality in extremely personal ways, touching upon both its cultural
implications and its amorous and erotic manifestations. Khakhar painted homosexual love, life, and encounters from a distinctively
Indian perspective.[7]
In the 1990s Khakhar began experimenting more with watercolours and grew increasingly confident in both expression and
technique.[8] He found himself portrayed as "the accountant" in Salman Rushdie's novel The Moor's Last Sigh. Khakhar returned the
favour by later making a portrait of the author that he called The Moor, and which is now housed within the National Portrait Gallery,
London.[9] In You Can't Please All[10] (1981; London, Knoedler's) a life-size naked figure, a self-portrait, watches from a balcony, as
father, son and donkey enact an ancient fable, winding through the townscape in continuous narration.

Awards & honours[edit]

In the year 2000, Khakhar was honoured with the Prince Claus Award[2] at the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. Among other honours,
he won the Asian Council's Starr Foundation Fellowship, 1986, and the prestigiousPadma Shri (Indian Government's award for
excellence) in 1984. His works can be found in the collections of theBritish Museum, The Tate Gallery, London, The Museum of
Modern Art, New York, among others.

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