The Dark Side of Consumerism | Art Explained | The Relic of our Time by Prabhakar Pachpute

Описание: Every time you buy a product, there is a long list of manufacturing processes that took place. Each leaves a footprint.. that reaches toward you. This painting shows you the dark side of consumerism and capitalism. But don't worry. No need to get all Eco-friendly so fast. Your children will handle the problems. Happy Shopping ;)

Prabhakar Pachpute (1986, born Sasti, Chandrapur) lives and works in Pune, India.

Prabhakar Pachpute works in an array of mediums and materials including drawing, light, stop-
motion animations, sound and sculptural forms. His use of charcoal has a direct connection to

his subject matter and familial roots, coal mines and coal miners. Pachpute often creates
immersive and dramatic environments in his site-specific works, using portraiture and
landscape with surrealist tropes to critically tackle issues of mining labour and the effects of
mining on the natural and human landscape.
Using Maharashtra as a starting point, the artist combines research from around the world and
personal experiences, moving from the personal to the global investigating a complexity of
historical transformations on an economic, societal and environmental level.
Pachpute received his Bachelor’s in fine arts in sculpture from Indira Kala Sangit University,
Khairagarh (Chhattisgarh, 2009) and his MFA from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
(Gujrat, 2011). He has exhibited extensively with solo shows at Clark House Initiative, Mumbai
(2012); Experimenter, Kolkata (2013, 2017 & 2020); National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
(2016); Asilo Via Porpora, Milan (2018); and Glasgow School of Art (2019). He has also
participated in group exhibitions at Van Abbe museum, Eindhoven (2013); Kadist Art Foundation,
Paris (2013); IFA, Stuttgart & Berlin (2013); DRAF, London (2014); MACBA, Barcelona (2015);
Parasite, Hong Kong (2017); Asia Cultural Centre, Gwangju (2017); STUK, Leuven (2018); AV
Festival, Newcastle (2018); and was part of the 31st São Paulo Biennial (2014); 5th Fukuoka
Asian Art Triennial (2014); 14th Istanbul Biennial (2015); 8th Asia Pacific Triennial, Brisbane
(2015); and Dhaka Art Summit (2018); 2nd Yinchuan Biennale (2018) and the 4th Kochi-Muziris
Biennale (2018). Prabhakar Pachpute is represented by Experimenter, Kolkata.

ARTIST CV 2020
12th April 1986, Born-Sasti, Dist- Chandrapur, MH,
Nationality- Indian
Lives and Works in Pune, India
EDUCATION
2009
• B.F.A. in sculpture from Dept. of Sculpture, I.K.S.V.V. Khairagarh (Chhattisgarh)
2011
• M.F.A. in sculpture from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.U. Baroda (Gujrat)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
• Beneath the Palpable, Experimenter- Ballygunge Place, Kolkata
2019
• Artist's Rooms: Prabhakar Pachpute ( Solo Project) Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE
Sept 21,2019 - February 15,2020
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• 'Political Animal' in collaboration with Prof. Johnny Rodger Curated by Viviana
Checchia, At Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2018
• ‘Workers in Progress’ Site-specific intervention at Asilo Via
Porpora,Milan Curated by Zasha Colah & Luca Cerizza
2017
• ‘Shadows on arrival’ at Experimenter, Kolkata

2016
• ‘no, it wasn’t the locust cloud’ (‘Te tolanche dhaga navhate’ ) Curated by Zasha Colah
& Luca Cerizza at National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai.
2013
• ‘ Land Eaters’ Curated by Zasha Colah, Sumesh Sharma and Prateek Raja at
Experimenter, Kolkata in collaboration with Clark House Initiative.
2012
• “CANARY IN A COAL MINE” at Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, curated by Sumesh
Sharma and Zasha Colah.
GROUP EXHIBITIOS
2019
• International Residence and Exhibition Program: ‘Why Binary should have all the Pun'
Initiated and curated by artist, urbanist and curator Lasse Mouritzen, and visual and
performance artist and curator Kaur Chimuk, at TIFA working Studio, Pune, India
• Searching For Stars Amongst The Crescents, Experimenter, Kolkata
2018
• 4th Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018 ‘Possibilities for a Non- Alienated Life’ Curated by Anita
Dube
• 2nd Yinchuan Biennale ‘Starting from the Desert. Ecologies on the Edge’ At At
Museum of Contemporary Art, Yichuan. Chief Curator Marco Scotini. Curatorial team
Andris Brinkmanis, Paolo Caffoni, Zasha Coalh, Lu Xinghua.
• Participation at AV festival 2018 ‘Meanwhile, What about Socialism? Newcastle , UK
• ‘This Rare Earth - stories from below’ in collaboration with Rupali Patil at STUK, Arts Centre in Leuven,
Belgium Curated by Karen Verschooren & Ils Huygens
• Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2017
• ‘The Other Face Of the Moon’ At Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, S. Korea, Curated by
Sungwon Kim