Indian painter, sculptor, installation artist, and Founding Director of the Museum of Goa (MOG) Subodh Kerkar has exhibited, lectured, and presented widely in....
The Fisherman, the Artist and the Ocean
The world begins and ends with the ocean, as does a fisherman's life.
And for this ocean artist, the story of this inseparability can not be limited to a painted canvas - but rather performed by local fishermen themselves.
"How's the line, Kelly?"
A warm voice rings out over our shared oceans.
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Its vessel, the 21st-century phone, brings a voice from miles away into my living room.
"I can hear you just fine"
There is a happy, murmured agreement.
The friendly voice is Subodh Kerkar from Goa, India.
An artist with a diverse body of work, washed with social, political and religious issues - often a commentary on his own history and that of the seascape on which he grew up.
With works ranging from performance pieces and sculptures to watercolours and installations, Subodh's artist journey has not been linear.
Though always surrounded by art, especially that created by his father Chandrakant Kerkar, his first