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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gopal Swami Khetanchi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 15 February 1958) is an Indian painter based in [[Jaipur]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dna1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-an-indian-mona-lisa-1129680 | last=Hotwani | first=Vikas | work=Daily News and Analysis | title=An Indian Mona Lisa | date=24 October 2007 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dna2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment-a-gallery-of-visual-delight-1129849 | last=Jain | first=Madhu | work=Daily News and Analysis | title=A gallery of visual delight | date=25 October 2007 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Hailing from an artistic family in north [[Rajasthan]], Khetanchi studied [[fine art]] in Jaipur and worked for some time as an assistant art director in [[Bollywood]] and an illustrator for magazines,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;finexp1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/gandhigiri-framed/688049/ | last=Pant | first=Garima | work=Financial Express | title=Gandhigiri framed | date=27 September 2010 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;imagingsai&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.galleryartpositive.com/catalogue/7-Imaging_Sai_E_Catalogue.pdf | editor1-last=Bahl | editor1-first=Shushma K. | editor2-last=Puri | editor2-first=Bindu | work=Art Positive | title=Imaging Sai | accessdate=11 August 2016 | page=12 | year=2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bs1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/father-figure-110100200091_1.html | last=Gupta | first=Gargi | work=Business Standard | title=Father figure | date=2 October 2010 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://dnasyndication.com/showarticle.aspx?nid=DNJAI14302 | last=Shukla | first=Richa | work=DNA Syndication | title=Jaipur&amp;#039;s my muse | date=17 March 2010 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; before returning to Rajasthan to focus on painting.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Easel-thrills/articleshow/152365.cms | last=Chandra | first=P. B. | work=Times of India | title=Easel thrills | date=29 August 2003 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Khetanchi is known for painting petite female figures, Rajput women, Rajasthani village women and forts, as well as adapting classical European paintings to Indian versions.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dna2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;finexp1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;monalisareimagined&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book | isbn=9781939621269 | page=87 | last=Maell | first=Erik | publisher=ORO Editions | location=San Francisco | title=Mona Lisa Reimagined | year=2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Another form associated with him is calendar [[kitsch]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ht1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/in-the-name-of-the-father/story-0R3B2QcByvCqQS4SCIsKBL.html | last=Sanyal | first=Amitava | work=Hindustan Times | title=In the name of the father | date=25 September 2010 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Distinguishing features of his style are uniqueness, delicacy and swiftness of drawing.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Though he is recognized as a [[Realism (arts)|realist]] painter and self-identifies as such,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;it1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/gopal-swami-khetanchi%E2%80%99s-painting-exhibition-in-jaipur/1/7557.html | last=Diwakar | first=Purushottam | work=India Today | title=Gopal Swami Khetanchi&amp;#039;s painting exhibition in Jaipur | date=11 August 2012 | accessdate=11 August 2016 | quote=Realistic painter Gopal Swami Khetanchi&amp;#039;s show of his new series of paintings of forts began on Friday, August 10, 2012.}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | date=April 2011 | last=Namdarian | first=Razvin | url=http://www.bcagalleries.com/notesboard.asp?CAT_ID=4948 | work=BCA Galleries: Indian Contemporary Art | title=Artist in Focus – Gopal Swami Khetanchi | accessdate=11 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822100456/http://www.bcagalleries.com/notesboard.asp?CAT_ID=4948 | archive-date=22 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; his works span from [[Romanticism]] to deep [[Realism (arts)|Realism]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;gemofindia&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tCeDAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PT101 | editor1-last=Grover | editor1-first=Razia | editor2-last=Bhardwaj | editor2-first=Nandita | editor3-last=Arora | editor3-first=Monica | isbn=9781942322054 | pages=203, 208–209 | last=Taknet | first=D. K. | publisher=IntegralDMS | location=Jaipur | title=Jaipur: Gem of India | year=2016 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and are held in various private and corporate collections in India and abroad.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;formsofdevotion&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web| url=http://formsofdevotion.org/artist/gopal-swami-khetanchi/ | work=Forms of Devotion: The Spiritual in Indian Art | title=Gopal Swami Khetanchi | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His paintings have been displayed at solo and group exhibitions at Jaipur, New Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, Dubai and London.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;imagingsai&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;formsofdevotion&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Life==&lt;br /&gt;
Khetanchi was born in north Rajasthan on 2 February 1958.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ht1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;artrabbit&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web| date=October 2008 | url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/a-tribute-to-the-masters | work=Art Rabbit | title=Exhibition: A Tribute to the Masters | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He hails from [[Sardarshahar]] town in [[Churu district]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; His father Khetaram was a painter who worked as an art teacher in a government school in Sardarshahar.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Khetanchi grew up in Rajasthan in an environment conducive to art and ventured into painting at the age of 15, starting with portraits and then moving to paintings.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;monalisareimagined&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He was inspired by the paintings of [[Leonardo da Vinci]], [[Michelangelo]], [[Rembrandt]] and [[Ingres]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Khetanchi received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Drawing and Painting from [[University of Rajasthan]] in Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;imagingsai&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.bcagalleries.com/products.asp?CAT_ID=4806 | work=BCA Galleries: Indian Contemporary Art | title=Gopal Swami Khetanchi | accessdate=11 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822095541/http://www.bcagalleries.com/products.asp?CAT_ID=4806 | archive-date=22 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He developed his painting skills in Mumbai, working on film sets and sketching passers-by at the [[Juhu#Juhu Beach|Juhu beach]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ht1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; While in Mumbai, he worked as an assistant art director with Manzoor ul Haq on several [[Bollywood]] films like [[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]] (1978), [[Abdullah (film)|Abdullah]] (1980), Jwalamukhi (1980) and [[Kaalia]] (1981).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ht1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;caravan1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/showcase/gandhi-giri | work=The Caravan | title=Gandhi-Giri | date=1 October 2010 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Khetanchi says he did not like the environment of Bollywood and decided to channelise his creativity into painting only.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He returned to Rajasthan and started with painting forts and culture of the state.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Over the years, he captured the culture, traditions, rural beauty, crafts and textiles of Rajasthan. As per Khetanchi, he received limelight and recognition starting from 2003, when his work was exhibited in both New Delhi and Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Khetanchi lives in Jaipur, where he works from his studio.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;imagingsai&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Work==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:GopalSwamiKhetanchi01.jpg|thumb|300 px|alt=Khetanchi with Jaisalmer Fort|Gopal Swami Khetanchi with a painting of the [[Jaisalmer Fort]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
Khetanchi works with oil on canvas, and has been doing so since 1971.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He has not experimented with acrylics as he feels that he has better control on colour values with oil colours.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He usually takes a month&amp;#039;s time to complete a work and works in four layers.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Khetanchi&amp;#039;s work saw several phases and styles like [[Realism (arts)|Realism]], [[Surrealism]] and [[Abstraction (art)|Abstraction]], before ending in a combination of traditional and modern art.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;imagingsai&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;monalisareimagined&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; In 2006, the style in his exhibition &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shringar&amp;#039;&amp;#039; combined fine linework of Rajasthani miniature paintings with the prettiness of Victorian kitsch.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;outlookindia&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal | journal=Outlook India | title=Shringar by Khetanchi | year=2006 | volume=46 | issue=39–47 | page=87 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-AkwAQAAIAAJ&amp;amp;q=khetanchi | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; By 2011, he had moved from pure figuration to conceptual renderings and started experimenting with different palettes and imaging styles.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;imagingsai&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Erik Maell writes of Khentanchi:&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;monalisareimagined&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{blockquote |text=His appreciation of India&amp;#039;s rich and colorful history remains evident throughout his paintings, particularly his admiration of brave warriors and his fondness for the unparalleled beauty of Rajput women, as referenced in his Mona Lisa reinterpretations.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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As per critic P B Chandra, Khetanchi is perhaps the only artist after [[Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya]] to specialize in painting women in various moods and beauty.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Chandra believes that Khetanchi&amp;#039;s depiction of women is inspired by the style of [[Raja Ravi Varma]], although Khetanchi says that he has not tried to imitate any past painters or copy any contemporaries and that his style of work is different.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Chandra wrote in 2003 that Khetanchi&amp;#039;s works were regional in emphasis with a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;heavy dose of romanticism&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Khetanchi is known for giving a unique Indian or Rajasthani touch to his works, especially to the robes and background.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dna1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; His recreation of [[Sandro Botticelli]]&amp;#039;s [[Birth of Venus]] has a pearl-clad Rajasthani woman coming out of a lotus in place of a shell.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dna2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; When Indianising European paintings, Khetanchi adapts the figures to Indian concepts of beauty and does not paint figures completely nude to avoid any controversies.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dna1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; As per art critic Prayag Shukla, Khetanchi&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;recreations of sorts&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of European paintings have both a Western and an Eastern context.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dna2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Reinterpretations of Mona Lisa===&lt;br /&gt;
Khetanchi has reinterpreted the [[Mona Lisa]] in two oil-on-canvasses painted in 2006: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Devashree&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (24 by 36 inches) and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bani-Thani&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (20 by 30 inches), of which the latter is a combination of the Mona Lisa and the eponymous painting [[Bani Thani]] by [[Nihâl Chand|Nihal Chand]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;monalisareimagined&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bani-Thani&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was used in the promotion for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Le Festival des Écrivains du monde: Écrivains de l’Inde&amp;#039;&amp;#039; held in Paris in 2014&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bnf1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.bnf.fr/documents/cp_ecrivains_indiens.pdf | work=Bibliothèque nationale de France | title=Le Festival des Écrivains du monde : Écrivains de l&amp;#039;Inde – Communiqué de presse | language=French | trans-title=The Festival of Writers of the world: Writers of India – Press Release | date=2 September 2014 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and on the cover of the November–December 2014 edition of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nouvelles De L&amp;#039;Inde&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, the bimonthly publication of the Indian embassy in Paris.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;nouvelledelinde&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal | publisher=Ambassade de l’Inde | title=Nouvelles De L&amp;#039;Inde | language=French | trans-title=News From India | year=2014 | issue=418 | url=http://www.ambinde.fr/images/PDF/nouvelles-de-l-inde/Inde-418.pdf | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gandhigiri&amp;#039;&amp;#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
Through his &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gandhigiri&amp;#039;&amp;#039; canvasses (2010), Khetanchi depicted [[Mahatma Gandhi]]&amp;#039;s dream of an independent India free from poverty and hardships by juxtaposing Gandhi&amp;#039;s face with that of common people.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;finexp1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ht1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Art curator Archana Bahl Sapra said that the exhibition showed the &amp;quot;contrasting picture of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;shining India and whining Bharat&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bs1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Some paintings showed Gandhi almost lost, as he sees an India which is modern, fast-moving, tech-savvy, busy and Bollywood-obsessed with consumerism at its peak, while others showed him seeing people struggling in poverty due to corruption and government policies.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bs1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;et1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-09-26/news/27594544_1_mahatma-gandhi-gandhian-way-gandhigiri | last=Dar | first=Vaishali | work=Economic Times | title=Mahatma Gandhi a source of inspiration for present day artists | date=26 September 2010 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Monuments===&lt;br /&gt;
Monuments is one of the favourite themes of Khetanchi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/Khetanchi-to-show-his-next/DNJAI34589 | last=Art Correspondent |  work=DNA Syndication | title=Khetanchi to show his next | date=29 July 2012 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He has painted the [[Jal Mahal]] and [[Hawa Mahal]] in his own distinct style.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;gemofindia&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;marwariheritage&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXS2DAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA364 | isbn=9781942322061 | page=364 | last=Taknet | first=D. K. | publisher=IntegralDMS | location=Jaipur | title=The Marwari Heritage | year=2016 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In addition, he has painted many forts including three forts of Jaipur ([[Nahargarh Fort]], [[Jaigarh Fort]] and [[Amer Fort|Amber Fort]]), Jaisalmer&amp;#039;s [[Jaisalmer Fort|Sonar Killa]], Chittorgarh&amp;#039;s [[Vijay Stambha]], Udaipur&amp;#039;s [[City Palace, Udaipur|City Palace]], Jodhpur&amp;#039;s [[Mehrangarh Fort]], Bundi&amp;#039;s [[Taragarh Fort, Bundi|Taragarh Fort]], Bikaner&amp;#039;s [[Junagarh Fort]], [[Kuchaman City#Kuchaman Fort|Kuchaman Fort]] and [[Kumbhalgarh|Kumbhalgarh Fort]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; His exhibition titled &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rajputana&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (2012) displayed eleven paintings of various forts in Rajasthan.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;it2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Views==&lt;br /&gt;
Khetanchi, known for his love for Rajasthan, says of the state:&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dna1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; {{blockquote |text=To me, Rajasthani beauty has an essence that appeals like nothing else. The way the women dress borders on covering their body and showing it off. There’s a mystery, an essence. For a simple example, a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;ghoonghat&amp;#039;&amp;#039; covering half her face is any day more enticing than the face itself. Her beautiful clothes sensuously running over her bare feet at times will arouse stronger emotions than complete nudity.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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From 2008 to 2010, Khetanchi researched the message and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and their contemporary relevance.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;et1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Khetanchi sees Mahatma Gandhi as a motivational force in his life.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He is passionate about Gandhi&amp;#039;s vision and says:&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;et1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{blockquote |text=An independent India, free not only from the Imperial rule or domination but also from poverty and hardships for the people, has remained a dream for Gandhiji! The present day atmosphere of consumerism still needs to be rectified. Like Gandhi we need to counter pose ancient Indian civilisation and emphasise on self governing village communities.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Khetanchi believes that while art may not offer solutions to social problems, it helps bring them into focus.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;et1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He feels that foreign tourists looking for Rajasthani art should be given correct direction with in-house guidance, and they should not be cheated by being sold cheap art at huge prices.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/others/Joining-hands-for-arts-sake/articleshow/3988000.cms | last=Kaushik | first=Divya | work=The Times of India | title=Joining hands for art&amp;#039;s sake | date=17 January 2009 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He sees himself as a realist, or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;a sincere friend of actual truth&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and says he chose realistic art because &amp;#039;&amp;#039;it is nearer to human interest and at the same time it is very much challenging&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Khetanchi believes that many heritage places in Rajasthan have been neglected and even guides, who do not know the true significance of the sites, are ignorant about local art forms like the Bundi school of art.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Exhibitions==&lt;br /&gt;
Khetanchi does few exhibitions, about one a year.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The reason, as per Khetanchi, is that his exhibitions are theme-based.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Solo exhibitions===&lt;br /&gt;
* 1998: Hotel Park Royal, New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 1998: [[Jawahar Kala Kendra]], Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2002: Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2003: Rabindra Bhawan, [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2003: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mahakaal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at Surekh Gallery, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur. The paintings in surrealist mode and subtle palette depicted drought and famine in Rajasthan.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;gap1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web| date=October 2010 | last=Bahl | first=Sushma | url=http://www.galleryartpositive.com/catalogue/15-final-gandhicatalogue(24sept).pdf | work=Art Positive | title=Gandhi-Giri Revisited in the Art of Gopal Swami Khetanchi | accessdate=11 August 2016 | pages=5–7}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2004: Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2005: Rajputana Sheraton, Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2005: [[Nehru Centre]], Mumbai.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2006: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shringar&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;outlookindia&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; This series of paintings depicted princesses, courtesans and attendants engaged in toilette rituals and beautification.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;outlookindia&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2006: Museum Gallery, Mumbai.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2007: Nehru Centre, Mumbai. Indianised versions of famous European paintings, including [[Mona Lisa]], [[Birth of Venus]] and [[Grande Odalisque|Great Odalisque]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dna1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;   &lt;br /&gt;
* 2008: Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2008: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Tribute to The Masters&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, London.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The collection was a recreation of works of European painters with Khetanchi&amp;#039;s style and imagination.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;galleries&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2008: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Tribute to The Masters&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at La Galleria, Pall Mall, London.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2010: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dharohar&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at Surekh Gallery, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNJAI14406 | last=Shukla | first=Richa | work=DNA Syndication | title=His tribute to Jaipur | date=20 March 2010 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The exhibition had 29 paintings celebrating Jaipur&amp;#039;s architecture and covered major landmarks of Jaipur including [[Nahargarh Fort]], [[Jaigarh Fort]], [[Jantar Mantar, Jaipur|Jantar Mantar]], [[Amer Fort|Amber Fort]] and [[Hawa Mahal]]. The exhibition was inaugurated by [[Arjun Prajapati]] and also featured a self-portrait.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2010: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gandhi-giri&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at Art Positive, Delhi. The exhibition displayed twenty-one artworks: one installation (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gandhi-giri&amp;#039;&amp;#039; fiberglass sculpture) and twenty paintings (including fifteen large oil-on-canvasses up to 15x6 feet in size). The paintings included &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gender Bender&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In Search of Truth&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Three Monkeys&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Empower the women to empower the nation&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Communal harmony, please&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;finexp1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bs1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ht1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ie1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mark-of-the-mahatma/691433/ | last=Kalra | first=Vandana | work=Indian Express | title=Mark of the Mahatma | date=2 October 2010 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ramonaceciu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal | journal=CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture | issn=1481-4374 | last=Ceciu | first=Ramona L. | publisher=Purdue University Press | title=Fiction, Film, Painting, and Comparative Literature | year=2013 | volume=15 | issue=6 | doi=10.7771/1481-4374.2360 | url=http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2360&amp;amp;context=clcweb | accessdate=11 August 2016| doi-access=free }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; All paintings depicted an elderly Gandhi with other elements and figures complementing or countering the discourse.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ramonaceciu&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gender Bender&amp;#039;&amp;#039; depicted womanhood and women as part of Gandhi&amp;#039;s preoccupations, while &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In Search of Truth&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gandhi-giri&amp;#039;&amp;#039; showcased the archetypal image of Gandhi as a wise leader.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ramonaceciu&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2011: Gallery Parijat II, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;caravan1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
* 2012: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rajputana&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;it2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/gopal-swami-khetanchi%E2%80%99s-painting-exhibition-in-jaipur/2/7557.html | last=Diwakar | first=Purushottam | work=India Today | title=Gopal Swami Khetanchi&amp;#039;s painting exhibition in Jaipur | date=11 August 2012 | accessdate=11 August 2016 | quote=Titled Rajputana, the 11-painting exhibition directs the viewers&amp;#039; attention towards some of our most well-known forts, such as Kumbhalgarh, Jaisalmer&amp;#039;s Sonar Kila, Chittorgarh, Mehrangarh and Bundi.}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This exhibition displayed eleven paintings of forts in Rajasthan.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;dnasynd3&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;it2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Group exhibitions===&lt;br /&gt;
* 1999: Art Today, New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2000: Art Today, New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2003: Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2007: Art Fair, Singapore.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2008: Arts cape, Epicentre, Gurgaon.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2009: Art Mat, Epicentre, Gurgaon.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;bca1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2011: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Blessing&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (40 by 60 inches, oil on canvas) at Art Positive, New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;imagingsai&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 2015: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gandhigiri: Power of the loom and the handmade&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;thenation1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/The-fervent-and-the-sacred-30259190.html | last=Phataranawik | first=Phatarawadee | work=The Nation | title=The fervent and the sacred | date=4 May 2015 | accessdate=11 August 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.galleryartpositive.com/catalogue/15-final-gandhicatalogue(24sept).pdf Gandhigiri by Khetanchi]&lt;br /&gt;
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