The artistic world of Mumbai-based Manoj Anand Sonavane reflects the evolving relationship between human life and mechanization. Hailing from Khed, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, and growing up in a rural setting, he witnessed firsthand the shift from traditional agriculture to industrialized processes, a transformation that deeply informs his visual language. His work explores how mechanization alters not only landscapes but also human behaviour, emotions, and our fundamental connection with nature.
His paintings employ geometric forms, mechanical structures, and mathematical precision, creating compositions that evoke the tension between organic life and industrial intervention. He introduces elements such as lines, points, and structured shapes, often playing with the contrast between natural and artificial rhythms. His concept of “Mechanism Theory” serves as a framework to explore how machines have not only replaced physical labour but also redefined the way we perceive reality itself.
Through his work, Sonavane examines the increasing detachment of human beings from their natural instincts, as technology gradually dictates social interactions and emotions. His paintings are both a reflection and a critique, an invitation to reconsider the balance between human agency and mechanized existence.
Sonavane has exhibited in major venues, including Jehangir Art Gallery and Devi Foundation, and remains committed to questioning the deeper implications of industrial progress through his art. He lives and works in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Untitled
size – 30×36 inches
medium – acrylic and plasto colour on canvas
year – 2023
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orange head
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page,
year – 2024
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upset fish (still life)
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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kinetic Girl
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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mathematics painting
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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theory of head
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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Loo
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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smiting table
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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still life with gear
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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dynamic still life
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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still life with black fish
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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white Piss
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on book page
year – 2024
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relation and function-landscape
size – 5×7 inches
medium – mix medium on canvas
year – 2024
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mechanical girl
size – 5*7 inches
medium – –mix medium on canvas
year – 2024
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mechanical landscape
size – 6×9 inches
medium – acrylic on
year – 2025
mechanical man
size – 6×9 inches
medium – acrylic
year – 2025
sin girl
size- 6×9 inches
medium –acrylic
year – 2025
angular man
size – 6×9 inches
medium – acrylic
year – 2025-04-04
mechanical king
size – 6×9 inches
medium –acrylics
still life
size – 10×7.5 inches
medium – acrylic
year – 2025
still life
size – 10x.7.5 inches
medium – acrylic
year – 2025
mechanical still life
size – 10×7.5 inches
medium –acrylic
year – 2025
angle man
size – 10×7.5 inches
medium – acrylic
year – 2025
loci girl
size – 10×7.5 inches
medium – acrylic
year – 2025
landscape
size – 10×11 inches
medium – acrylic
year – 2025
banana with jackfruit
size – 10×11 inches
medium – acrylic
year – 2025
landscape
size – 10×11 inches
medium – Acrylic
year – 2025
landscape
size – 10×11 inches
medium – Acrylic
year – 2025
landscape
size – 10×11 inches
medium – acrylic
year – 2025