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Vaishwik Gallery, Pune
Bhaskar Hande

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Painting Sculpture & Exhibition Exploration of his poems and that of
Dnyandev reflects in my creations.
I have been painting and
Indian culture made its impact on my
sculpting for last 25 years.This search
art through the age-old creations like
and exploration of art has taken me to
Ajantha and Ellora, Khajuraho. This
places and thus I was exposed to many
understanding of art was then
unique experiences and events.When I
groomed and enriched by the
look back at this journey of 25 years my
experiences I gathered in the modern
mind is filled with a mosaic of
cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Amsterdam,
emotions. I have 51 exclusive and 90
Paris, London etc.
group exhibitions to my credit. Every
Human civilization has
one of them was an unique experience.
developed itself through the process of
Each exhibition showcased unique
understanding various manifestations
paintings, sculptures. This memories
of the basic elements. This process has
make me nostalgic and that becomes
given birth to all inventions and
the source of new ideas, new paintings,
developments. I could see many stages
new sculptures. There are always new
of this journey. From the water-starved
exhibitions, new paintings. I keep
hamlets to most modern cities, I have
thinking of those which were chosen by
seen and sensed them all. Arid villages
connoisseurs. What do I achieve from
are lured by a mirage and affluent
this? Mind keeps prodding, what were
urbanites also chase a self created
the thoughts and feelings that I put on
mirage, mirage of greed. A thin chord
the canvas in colors? What prompted
relates these dreams. From villages to
the lines on a paper? what were the
metropolises, from shanties to palaces I
ideas that came to life and crystallized
have roamed through them all. Were
into a sculpture? what were the
the seeds of creation sowed from these
enchanting melodies that lifted my
journeys? color was the medium of
spirits? which words guided me to this
expressing these experiences. But, have
journey of color and images? I was
I captured the ideas or I have mastered
attracted towards the simple yet
only the medium? Every creation
profound philosophy of Tukaram.
aspires to crystallize one ray of glorious
thought. In this process the self turns
transparentand stares in my face. I keep
trying to create something immortal.
That process shakes all the poise,
pretensions . What remains is the urge
for creation. This urge can only be
compared to the tireless efforts of
Bhagirath to bring the Ganga on earth.
I place myself as one of followers of this
Bhagirath.emotion and creation- the
unending process continues and I
become a mere spectator.A painting
does not tell you the inspiration of the
artist. A critic, armed with a well oiled
thought process can understand these
inspiration and tries to explain and
evaluate it. However when the artist
explains the process of his creation, the
art finds its meaning. I know that not
many artist subscribe to this theory. I
can name only a few artists in the past
who held such belief. Wasily Kandisky,
Brancusi, Piet Mandrion and Mark
Rothako. Their creations reflected
impressions of philosophy, nature.
These facets could be found in the
transformation, migrations of these
four artists. I know, there could be
many more who have spent their lives
exploring the world with their tools of
art. One can trace their journey through
their creations. They also throw some
light on the development of human
civilization, its urbanization. In India the
process of urbanization started with the
turn of the 21st century this change is
reflected in the works of contemporary
artists. Transformations and migrations
make an important impact on the
creation of any artist. The period
between 13th Century and 19th
century stands testimony to this. We
can trace the impact of change from
South India to Central Asia through
various movements like Sufism, Varkari
as also from the work of saints, artists
of this period. We can see Asian artists
being clubbed and categorized on the
basis of Western yardsticks. However
the effort to study Asian art on the
basis of development in this region is
still lacking. Much needs to be done on
this front and I wish Asian universities
and critiques initiate this process
sooner the better.History has seen
many transformations resulting out of
political developments. In the event of
an attack on any civilization, poets.
Writers, saints and artists are the
keepers of much needed equilibrium.
This is evident in the contemporary
history of Indian. It can also be seen
through the two wars that modern
world has gone through. Change
brought about by these developments
is thrust upon the communities
involved in this process. The impact of
it shatters all hitherto held beliefs and
values. During this process an artists
guides the society with his art which
tries to hold a delicate balance between
the old and the new. Let us now see
what does we achieve through
exhibitions. How they are used to
propagate concepts like culture and
religion, to create awareness in society.
The place is Rotterdam, which is a
historical city. In 2001 this town was
home to exhibition in museum
Boymans Van Beuningen. The exhibition
included works of great German artist
Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1561).
I was accompanying Noted
dramatist and JawaharLal Nehru
Universities China expert G. P.
Deshpande and noted Hindi poet
Vishnu Khare to Rottardam to visit this
exhibition.It was the last day of the
exhibition and it was on for more than
three months. We had not secured our
entry passes in advance. People from all
over Europe were thronging the
exhibition and though we were in the
queue since 9.00 AM we could actually
enter the exhibition at around 12, such
was the rush. The exhibition was
unique in the sense that the works
were not exhibited in the set pattern of
exhibition. They were placed depending
upon their value and security concerns.
The lighting was medieval. Me and
Deshpande were discussing the works
and the artists while studying the
paintings. I want to discuss a point
which formed part of the then
discussion I had with Deshpande.
Vishnu Khare was already through once
and was now making another round of
the exhibition. However, because he
was now moving to the opposite
direction he could not see the paintings
with a leisure. This goes to show how
the art of paintings is still popular in
Europe. This exhibition had toured US
and all major cities in Europe. As per
the custom in Holland it should have
been held in the Royal Museum at
Amsterdam. However, it was held at the
Museum Boymans van Beuningen
Rotardam and there was reason to it.
Hieronymus tried to depict the
hypocrisy of medieval Christianity
through his works. Then the society
was heavily influenced by the concepts
of Heaven and Hell, sin and merit.
Hironimus tried to create awareness if
the society about fallacy of these lofty
ideas. This towering work of
Hieronymus could be compared to the
work of Sufis and saints of medieval
India. The same messages could be
traced in the poems and works of
medieval Indian saints. There is one
very important painting at Ajantha. A
monkey is riding on the back of a
buffalo and has kept his hands on the
eyes of the buffalo. This buffalo is
rushing through the crowded streets of
the town. The metaphor is very
important. This picture can still be seen
at Ajantha.These paintings served as
means to create awareness against the
clutches of Brahmanism. However very
few of such masterpieces from The
Buddhist era could be seen today.
Works of an artist should reflect the
changes and beliefs of his times.His
works should become the vehicle for
social development and this is needed
in every generation. The modern world
has shaded burden of religion in its day
to day life. However, the clutches of
religion are still intact on political
systems all over the developed West
and also in the US. Amsterdam is the
capital of Holland’s royalty which is
heavily influenced by Protestant beliefs.
While Rottardam is predominantly
Catholic. Local governments try to
propagate the ideas of their respective
religion through various programs and
events. Catholics are in majority in
South Holland. which is one of the 12
provinces of The Netherlands. Out of
these 12 provinces four are in south
are predominantly Catholic.This
statistics is the reason behind choosing
venue for the exhibition. Museum
Boymans Van Beuningen was the only
progressive front in Holland. It
flourished during the 20th
century.Rotterdam has always been the
venue to showcase changes and new
streams in arts of the United Sates of
America. Rottardam is a port city. Dutch
migration to the USA was through this
city. This city was once taken over by
the Nazis and was devastated in the
second world war. Now the city is been
redeveloped and renovated. It now
boasts to be the most modern city of
the Netherlands. However, at the turn
of 20th century the museum was in
very bad shape. There was no quality
exhibition to its credit. Contemporary
institutions were taking cognizance of and serigraphy (Silk screen prints) were
new developments in arts. Abstract art exhibited at Artist Center. In 1995
was gaining ground. Boymans van Nehru Center housed my series of
Beuningen was arrived. New mediums paintings inspired by Abhang from the
have necessitated discussion on Tukaramachi Gatha . After 1995 I was
abstract art a new, we can keep that for busy setting up a permanent exhibition
a while. However I want to draw at Pune and was also busy in
attention to the sale of realistic Russian exhibitions in Europe. Paintings and
paintings, Computer graphics, internet, sculpture need a good exhibition. I
Euro, changes in Northern European art consider it very important. That is the
etc. The exhibition of Hieronymus’s reason I don’t wait for somebody else
works has greatly benefited the to organize exhibition of my works. I
museum. It has also helped the local consider Exhibition as a part and parcel
politics to keep the religious and of arts. Well, am I also becoming
cultural impact and thus to enhance reactive in this process?
their vote bank. When we see the
reasons and aims of these exhibitions Bhaskar Hande
some friends wonder at my own 1st February, 2003
exhibitions in these cities. Is this success
real or its only a mirage
This is my fifth exhibition in
Mumbai. In 1979 I had exhibited my
non-curricular works at Sir J. J. Institute
of Applied Arts.It as visited by students
and faculty of the printing technology.
applied arts, architecture. branches of
the J. J. School of Arts. In1988, when I
finished my education abroad I had
exhibited my works at the Bajaj Art
Gallery. Then I was just initiated in
profession. In 1990 my graphic prints
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Form is bigger than me
Me thinner than empty mirror
Forming a right angle
thought as square root
Me, plus form around it

While walking around

Mood Dancing in and out
Splendid time
Sleeping body
Along frozen feelings
Under snow white fields

Beside burning wells of oil

Whose solitude moments are on fire?
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I stand still What’s all about this four side
vertical Twelve guard on the watch
You knocked me down Upwards downwards
To the ground Vertical horizontal
in pinched position Middle cross back
Horizontal What shall I talk about it
Falling in disaster It’s nothing but caleido
I pose in a plus
Situation has changed The landslide of mob
You stand in the middle Under revolutionary act
I walk around Caleido has been named
The form is square Chin-a-men
Trafalgar
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Your pose akimbo 1813
Leaf on forehead Leningrad
Seems Vithoba to me And many more

You this shadow of Events of sadness

Ultramarine moonlight Happy moments
Purple black body Pouring colours
I see squares the circle. Changing faces
Combining and a rotating
Walk together
Tomorrow,
Children would pass by.

Square is in the blossom

Always in a new saga.
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In a horizontal or vertical lays the same
Diagonal stands for paradox
Two rectangularly positioned bent-angels is a square
When the situation of fact becomes weak
A bend turns into an angle
Two angles lay or stand together
In opposite directions it forms a square
The fact and the situation change the position in life

Equal distances form perfect square

And equal facts make situation dual

The bend turns into a bow

Two bows form an oval
A leaf, sign of growth in life
The point positioned is the spiritual stand
Two points are companionship
Between the divine and human
Till the end of life
The cross stands for meeting places
Working relationship of spirit
Creative sense in life
And passing time in the journey
Means decision-making moments
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Sensitive field of innocence
Dig down deeper impulse
Naive corridor opens door
Inside concealed room with balcony
From where you watch the presence
Of own inner opposition
The scenario of duo

A square root put in a vase made of glass

Everything seems to be transparent
Roots and branches
Fruits and puddles of
Water and glass of vase
Room and balcony
Considers presence of ever since
Things that have been happening within
Mystic Encounter 1998 80x80
BIOGRAPHY
1957 Born in Umbraj,state Maharashtra,India.
1974 Came to Bombay as banner painter in film industry
1976-81 Studied at sir J.J.institute of applied arts Mumbai India
obtained G.D.ARTS diploma.in applied art.
1979 Forth prize Maharashtra state competation
1981 Second prize Maharashtra state competation
1982 Went to the Netherlands for post graduation
1982-84 Studied at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts the Hague.NL.
Obtained diploma in Monumental Painting and Design.
1985-87 Studied animation and video at the Free Academy of Visual
Arts the Hague,NL.
1987 Since than is working as free-lance fine artist in Holland
and India with his own design studio.

BOOKS
1 Encounter/Ontmoeting1989 Forum/GTP Amsterdam,NL
English/Nederlands
Catalogue and poetry Poet Adriaan Morrian
2 DASHAK 1990 BAPU Nashik,IND
Marathi poetry
3 Your form is my creation1995 Vaishwik Pune,IND
Marathi/English Artbook/catalogue
Text Dilip Chitre /Dr.Sadanand More
4 Budala gaon gaon budala1995 Bapu Nashik,IND
Marathi poetry
5 Merging colours1996 Warre fine arts
English catalogue
Artimediar The Hague,NL
6 Your form is my creation1996 Century Union The Hague NL
Hindi/English artbook/catalogue
7 Holland-India1997 Vaishwik Pune,IND
Give and take in art
Marathi/Nederlands artbook/catalogue
8 Prints by Bhaskar Hande1997 Century union The Hague,NL
English/Nederlands part one
9 BHASKAR1999/2000 1999 Gallery Blackheath
London,UK
English artbook/catalogue
10 Holland-Europe2001 Vaishwik Pune,IND
Give and take in art 2
Marathi/Nederlands artbook/catalogue
11 Tirast Manera 2001 Vaishwik Pune, IND
Marathi poetry
 Mirror Square 1999 100x75
Bhaskar Hande was born in 1957
in Umbraj, district Pune, India.
He lives and works in The Hague,
The Netherlands since 1983. He is
a versatile artist.
His ambitions to be busy with
verious disciplines of art,
identifies him as the poet,
painter, sculptor and graphic
designer. He published three
books of collection of poems in
1990, 1995 and 2001. The
project “Your form is my
creation” is his visual tribute to
seventeen century Bhakti poet
“Tukaram” has become first in
it’s kind of Indian history. Hande’s
Indianness is not ethnicity worn
on the sleeve; it is the very
substance of his cultural identity
in multicultural global
community of artists. Hande has
been living many years in
Europe,
his cultural signature has
remained the same. Apart from
his development Hande thinks
day to day life, living and
working in another country and
culture than where he grew up.
This process gives him creative
impulses; every year he lives a
couple of months in India, vice
versa in Europe. He exhibits in
India and in Europe. The change
in surrounding keeps his
thoughts constant in process. His
works represent meditative fall of
his merging colours and
changing environments. The
colours become brighter and
brighter, forms are clear than ever
and words are more mysteries.