'One can’t hide oneself behind a painting. It is standing naked in front of everyone – what you are.' 💚 Bhupen Khakhar's 'You Can’t Please All' was painted in 1981 in Gujarat, India, and took five months to complete. Khakhar only ever worked on one canvas at a time and painted slowly. The artist believed that ‘It is ultimately the colour which determines the painting’ and he went to painstaking lengths to achieve the colours he wanted. The final touches would often involve applying pigment straight from the tube, contributing to the extreme thickness of the paint in some areas of his canvases. A short while after making this painting, Khakhar revealed that the naked male figure was himself and that this piece represented coming out as gay. The personal difficulties he faced at the time are suggested by the work’s title, 'You Can't Please All'. Bhupen Khakhar, You Can’t Please All 1981