Marking Gandhi Jayanti 2023, MVIA in collaboration with INTACH Greater Mumbai Chapter will hold a talk on 'Gandhi - An Artist of Non-Violence' by one of India's foremost contemporary artists -- Atul Dodiya.
Born in 1959 in Mumbai, Atul Dodiya trained at the Sir JJ School of Art, in 1982, and cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 199192, and is one of India's most significant artists.
For Dodiya, Gandhi has been an abiding passion for more than two decades. Generations of artists experimented with forms, materials, and mediums to portray the Mahatma and his message.
His fascination with Gandhi resulted in a series of works featuring Bapu from the 1980s onwards. In his 1999 series, 'Gandhi An Artist of Non-Violence', Dodiya narrates Gandhi's life by portraying mundane details including receipts and pages from his diary.
As art critic Ranjit Hoskote puts it, "Gandhi does not appear in Dodiya's works as a person in a familiar setting, but as a force to be reckoned with. This painting is part of the portfolio "Re-Imagining Bapu".
DATE: Tuesday, October 10
TIME: 5.30 - 7.30 pm
LOCATION: Gram Udyog Bhandar (formerly known as Khadi Bhandar) DN Road, Fort, Mumbai
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(limited seating)