Datta Bansode

Bansode went on to study art in Pune and Mumbai, taking inspiration from his conversations with senior artists Prabhakar Barve and Tuka Jadhab At the J.J. School of Art, he became exposed to the contemporary styles and began experimenting with new techniques of applying paint to canvas A turning point came in 1992, when Bansode returned to Latur in the aftermath of a major earthquake.” Abandoning bright colors, Bansode began to work with a palette of chalk – white, beige and charcoal, creating somber, uncluttered compositions of grieving widows. His work shifted in focus after the 1998 nuclear bomb tests in India. Bansode was struck by the irony of the code phrase – “Buddha’s Smile” – used by the government to refer to the tests. As influences, Bansode names the work of Tyeb Mehta and Sunil Das, stressing the importance of the Indian tradition in his own approach to art. The artist live and works in Mumbai.