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NAGUESH RAO
SARDESSAI
‘Portraits’, an exhibition of pen and
ink portraits executed by architect Yogesh Prabhugaonkar was on view at the
Black Box of Ravindra Bhavan, Margao.
Over two thousand portraits of
personalities ranging from nationally acclaimed figures to famous Goan
individuals to his friends will be on display. In spite of being a busy and
successful architect with noted projects to credit, Yogesh takes time off to pursue
his childhood passion – painting.
Encouraged by his educationist father –
Fati Phabhugaonkar – he focused on being an artist or an architect from a very
early age. Earning a degree from the Goa College of Architecture, Yogesh
initially worked with well known Ponda based architect K D Sadhale where he got
his basics in practical implementation of technical rules.
Soon after that, in the year 1997,
Yogesh branched out on his own and set up his private practice which drew
attention and earned him commercial success. ‘Shree Laxmi Temple’ at
Sanvorcotto, Cuncolim; ‘Parashuram-Narsimha
Temple’ in Poinguinim, Canacona; besides such other temples have been
successfully reconstructed and restored by Yogesh.
He was commissioned by Dr. Ravi
Prabhu, the current Deputy Director General – Research, World Agroforestry
Centre ( ICRAF), Kenya, to construct his environmental friendly
house in Canacona that functions on natural energy.
Two decades into this business, his
original craving to practice fine art came to fore. Basics of art, instilled by
his school drawing teacher, Balkrishna Ayya, who was an accomplished artist and
sculptor, got the best out of him. Beginning to sketch portraits of his friends
at the onset of 2016, Yogesh went on to produce a portrait a day of
personalities that ranged from actors to politicians to sportspersons.
The show will showcase portraits of
Swami vivekanand, Bakibab Borkar, Ram manohar Lohia, Amitabh Bhachan and Sachin
Tendulkar to name a few.
Goan sportswoman and young International
Badminton star Anura Santosh Prabhudessai will be exhibited as an inspiration
for young aspiring sportspersons. Goan political personalities that have not
left the attention of Yogesh are Rohan Khavnte, Narendra Sawaikar and Vijay
Sardessai. ‘I’m largely indebted to Sudin and Deepak Dhavlikar in many ways for
being supportive of my endeavour and as such their portrait is my way of
expressing gratitude,’ says Yogesh.
Having received commendations and words
of praises from famous artistes, such as Subodh Bhave, Rahul Deshpande. Nana
Patekar and Ajit Kadkade, Yogesh has realised the reach of his art. He has many
years to go and we are sure to see him achieve greater heights.
The show was on view at the Black
Box of Ravindra Bhavan, Margao on April 22, 2017
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