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DiggThe Wet Sleeves of My Paper Robe – Sabari in her Youth: After Nandalal Bose
September 19, 2006- October 25, 2006
Reception: September 19, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Atul Dodiya
Bodhi Art
535 W 24th St Atul Dodiya Night (2005) |
The new works - a mix of unique paper pulps and edition prints tell the story of Sabari, a young female character in the classical Indian epic, ‘The Ramayana’, who forsakes everything to live alone in the forest with nature. Having heard stories of Sabari as a child, Dodiya’s immediate inspiration for his current work is the legendary artist and pedagogue Nandalal Bose’s 1941 tempera sequence: ‘Sabari in her Youth’, ‘Sabari in her Middle Age’ and ‘Sabari in her Old Age’. The artist’s interpretation of the legend is deeply contemplative, contemporizing the whole essence of Sabari’s womanhood through time. In wonderful contrast to the ancientness of the story, the works are far beyond the theme and the story they weave.
In his work Dodiya explores her story and her enduring respect for nature, reflecting on what he perceives has been lost in our modern world. Although most know Sabari as the woman who waits for Lord Rama into her old age, Dodiya chose to contemplate her life afresh, as a young woman, reflecting on why she chose a life of hardship and devotion. A mixed media artist for many years, Dodiya embraced the opportunity for experimentation and the works radiate his unique style that has catapulted him to the top tier of Indian artists today.
Since the opening of its first gallery in Singapore in 2004, Bodhi Art has been dedicated to supporting artists and has become renowned for hosting exhibitions which reflect Indian art at its creative best. With an unparalleled range of contemporary Indian artists, Bodhi Art represents over thirty artists, like Akbar Padamsee, F.N. Souza, Jogen Chodhury, Ram Kumar among others. Bodhi Art’s mission is to promote and present Indian art to the global market - be it a private collector or a public institution. Mr Amit Judge, Founder of Bodhi Art stresses on the importance of his goal and says, “Our main objective is to encourage and internationalize contemporary Indian artists and their works; and to establish a solid dialogue between Indian art and the rest of the world.”
Bodhi Art’s overall mission to present contemporary Indian art to a broader international audience is voiced by Karen Stone Talwar, Gallery Director, as she highlights the reason the gallery chose Dodiya for its debut. She says, “Given that Bodhi Art, New York intends to create a platform for young and emerging Indian art, ‘The Wet Sleeves of My Paper Robe’ is particularly important for us as a show, marking as it does our first significant venture in this city, in that direction. The goal of the opening show is to reveal the breadth of talent and the conceptual direction that is present in the gallery program.”
Dodiya is an artist on the rise both at home and internationally. Born in Mumbai, India in 1959, Dodiya earned his B.F.A. in 1982 from the Sir J J School of Art, Mumbai and from 1991-1992 he studied at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He has exhibited extensively worldwide, both solo and group shows, including London's Tate Gallery exhibition 'Centuries Cities: Art and Culture in Modern Metropolis' in 2000; 'Icon: India Contemporary' - a satellite show at the 2005 Venice Biennale and the 'Indian Summer' exhibition of contemporary Indian art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in October 2005. In 2005 he also participated in the highly acclaimed Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, held in conjunctions with the Asia Society, New York and Queens Museum, New York.
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