Born in 1940 in Nizampur, Andhra Pradesh, K. Laxma Goud completed his diploma in Drawing and Painting from the Government School of Art and Architecture, Hyderabad, in 1963; he then went on to study Mural Painting and Printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts at M.S. University, Baroda, from 1963 to 1965. Goud displays versatility over a range of mediums, from printmaking, drawing, watercolour, gouache and pastels to glass painting and...
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Born in 1940 in Nizampur, Andhra Pradesh, K. Laxma Goud completed his diploma in Drawing and Painting from the Government School of Art and Architecture, Hyderabad, in 1963; he then went on to study Mural Painting and Printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts at M.S. University, Baroda, from 1963 to 1965. Goud displays versatility over a range of mediums, from printmaking, drawing, watercolour, gouache and pastels to glass painting and sculpture in bronze and terracotta. Over the many years of his artistic career, he is known to have moved from one medium to another with élan. Fellow artist T. Vaikuntam, in one of his interviews, reminisces that it was Laxma Goud who introduced him to the art of sketching and made him aware of the possibilities of this medium.
When one looks at Goud’s work, rustic, raw, and potent might be the first words that come to mind. His portraits of men and women represent the dynamic Indian ethos rather than particular individual identities. A recurrent theme with the artist is that of the erotic, treated as an active and powerful aspect of male and female sexuality and existence. Goud’s work is dramatic; his protagonists are raw and vivacious in their appeal, imbibed with energy that reverberates through his strokes and textures. Most of Goud’s art is centered on the rural, recreating landscapes from his childhood as if they were frozen in time. In the artist’s later work, his figures turn softer, more introspective than brash in their outlook.
Recently, the artist has worked on a series of lush landscapes in vivid colors reminiscent of his youth spent in rural Andhra Pradesh. Like most of the artist’s work, these are generally executed in a miniature format, in what is perhaps an attempt to create an intimate atmosphere in which the viewer can engage directly with his creations.
In 2007, the exhibition, Laxma Goud 40 Years: A Retrospective was organized by Aicon Gallery, New York. Other recent solo shows of Goud’s work include Sculptures, Bronze and Terra-cottas at the Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2006; Recent Terracotta, Ceramic, Bronze Sculptures at Gallery Threshold, New Delhi, and Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2006; and those held at Aicon Gallery, New York, in 2003; and Grey Art Gallery, New York, in 2001-02. Some of the noted group shows in which his works have been features are From the Vault at Aicon Gallery, London and New York, in 2007; 17th Anniversary Show at Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata, in 2007; and Back to the Future at Gallery Espace, New Delhi, in 2006. Goud’s work has also been a part of the São Paulo Biennale, Brazil, in 1977; and Indian Art Tomorrow at the Philips Collection, Washington D.C., in 1986.
The artist lives and works in Hyderabad.
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Born
1940
Nizampur Andhra Pradesh
Education
1963-65 Post -Diploma in Murals Painting and Drawing, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Student of Prof. K. G. Subramanyan)
1957-62 Diploma (Drawing and Painting ), Government College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 'I want to Seduce with My...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 'I want to Seduce with My Line', K.Laxma Goud: Etchings, Drawings, Watercolour, Pen and Ink, Acrylic, Sculptures and Mixed Media Works Period 1967-2011 at Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2011 Art Musings, Mumbai
2011 'Everyday Life', Focus Art Gallery, Chennai
2009 Aicon Gallery, London
2009 Gallerie 88, Kolkata
2008 'Water Colour, Drawings, Intaglio, Etchings and Sculptures', Indian Contemporary Art (ICA), Jaipur
2008 ‘Intalgio Prints 2007’, Gallery Space, Hyderabad
2008 Sumukha Gallery, Chennai
2007 ‘Laxma Goud, 40 Years: A Retrospective’, Aicon Gallery, New York
2006 Recent Terracotta, Ceramic, Bronze Sculptures, Gallery Threshold, New Delhi and Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2006 Bronze and Terra – Cottas Sculpture Show, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2003 Early Works, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
2003 Arts India Gallery, New York
2001-02 Grey Art Gallery, New York
1991 The Gallery, Chennai
1985 Lalit Kala Akademi. New Delhi
1982 Royal Academy, London
1976 Black Partridge Gallery, New Delhi
1975-76 Hamburg, Germany
1974 Surya Gallerie, Friensheim, West Germany
1973 Andsell Gallery, London
1972 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1965-67 Kalabhavan, Hyderabad
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 'Diva', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2012 'Metallurgy', The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata
2011-12 'Reprise 2011', Aicon Gallery, New York
2011 'States of Departure: Progressives to Present Day', Aicon Gallery, London
2011 'Anecdotes', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Dali's Elephant', Aicon Gallery, London
2010 'The Living Insignia', Gallery Ensign, New Delhi
2010 'Modern Folk: The Folk Art Roots of the Modernist Avant-Garde', Aicon Gallery, New York
2010 'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2010 'Essential, Eclectic,...Ephemeral', The Harrington Mansions, Kolkata
2009 'Mark of Masters -2', Art and Soul, Mumbai
2009 'In Search of the Vernacular', Aicon Gallery, New York
2009 'Sacred and Secular', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2009 'Think Small', Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'The Root of Everything', Gallery Mementos, Bangalore
2009 Gallery Space, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
2009 'Moderns and More', Aicon Gallery, Palo Alto
2008 'X at the rate of Jehangir', presented by Art Musings at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 1 x I Art Gallery, Dubai
2007 ‘High on Art’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Mumbai
2007 'Pursuit Sculpture', Galerie 88, Kolkata
2007 ‘17th Anniversary Show’, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2007 ‘An Evening in Paris…Rome…London’, Gallery Sanskriti, Kolkata
2007 ‘Colors of Art’, presented by Galerie Sara Arakkal and Gallery Art Resource Trust at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 ‘The Workshop’, India Fine Art, Mumbai
2007 'Look Again', Hasta Gallery, Hyderabad
2007 ‘From The Vault’, Aicon Gallery, London and New York
2006 'Drawing Show an Act of Art II', Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 'The Naked Line: Drawings by 12 Artists', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 'Tangibles', Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 'Back To The Future', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2005 'Change of Address', The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2001 'The Active Line: Five Idioms of Drawing', The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 'Drawings', The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 'Wounds' Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) New Delhi
1986 Contemporary Art of India: The Herwitz Collection, Worcester Art Museum
1986 'Indian Art Tomorrow', The Philips Collection, Washington DC
1985 'Contemporary Indian Art', Grey Art Gallery, New York
1982 Royal Academy of Art, London
Joint Exhibitions
2009 With Viraj Naik at Gallery Mementos, Bangalore
Participations
2014 'Ode to Monumental: Celebration, Visuality, Ideology', presented by Saffronart at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2014 'Rituals and Reasons: Invoking the Sensual in Art', Apprao Galleries, Chennai
2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
2011 ‘Manifestations VI', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 'Master’s Corner', organized by Indian Contemporary Art Journal at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; India International Art Fair, New Delhi
2010 'Contemporary Printmaking In India', presented by Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 ‘Manifestations IV', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008-09 ‘Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Indian Art’, Traveling Exhibition presented by Bodhi Art at Ravinder Natya Mandir, P.L.Despande Kala Academy Art Gallery, Mumbai; Sant Dyaneshwar Natya Sankul Art Gallery, Amravati; Platinum Jubilee Hall, Nagpur; Tapadia Natya Mandir Sports Hall, Aurangabad; Hirachand Nemchand Vachanalay’s, Solapur; Acharya Vidyanand Sanskrutik Bhavan, Kolhapur; PGSR Sabhagriha, SNDT, Pune; Sarvajanik Vachanalaya Hall, Nasik
2008 'Harvest 2008', organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
1977 Sao Paolo Biennale, Brazil
Honours and Awards
1971 Gold Medal, Annual Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Andhra Pradesh
1969 Gold Medal, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
1968 Silver Medal, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
1966-70 Award, Annual Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Andhra Pradesh
1962 Award, Annual Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Andhra Pradesh
1971 Gold Medal, Annual Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Andhra Pradesh
1969 Gold Medal, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
1968 Silver Medal, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
1966-70 Award, Annual Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Andhra Pradesh
1962 Award, Annual Exhibition, Lalit Kala Academy, Andhra Pradesh
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