Devilal Patidar Profile   |    Summary "For me, eroticism is not a separate idea. It is allied to the material instinct that prompts my work. I think what I am trying is something very legitimate." Devilal Patidar, whose work is considered erotic, attracted critics and connoisseurs alike. Eroticism always found way into his canvasses as a central concept. As he says, "The most important aspect of an artist`s work is consistency. I am obsessed by a... Read More "For me, eroticism is not a separate idea. It is allied to the material instinct that prompts my work. I think what I am trying is something very legitimate." Devilal Patidar, whose work is considered erotic, attracted critics and connoisseurs alike. Eroticism always found way into his canvasses as a central concept. As he says, "The most important aspect of an artist`s work is consistency. I am obsessed by a central concept." Patidar was born in 1960, in a village called Sundril in Dhar district, once a small princely state associated with legendary sculptor R K Phadke. Patidar studied art at the College of Art in Indore, a city that has a tradition of fine arts and art teaching. He studied under stalwarts like D. D. Deolalikar, who once taught N. S. Bendre. Besides erotic art, he is also known for his ceramics, and his work was included in the Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, along with reciprocal work of British ceramics, in a show held by the British Council and the Lalit Kala Academy. Patidar was also in charge of the ceramics workshop at the Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, for almost four years, beginning 1990. He glazes most of his ceramics during the firing process, endowing the clay with different colors. Reveals the artist, "The traditional glazing with the aid of magnesium oxide and iron oxide improves the quality of glazing." His famous ceramics involve subjects like simple rural contraptions like a lamp, which, he reminisces, enlightened many gloomy evenings back in his village. He subtly uses only a broad outline of a lantern, while sculpting his ceramic objects. In fact, he has used the concept of the lamp as a living, breathing object, with some of the parts being suggestive of the genitalia of both the sexes. Patidar held his first exhibition in Indore in 1986; since then, he has participated in several group shows in Mumbai, Delhi and Indore, the most important being `Fine Art from Madhya Pradesh`, organized by the Lalit Kala Academy. In 1982, when he was only 22, he received the Madhya Pradesh State Fine Arts Award for his work. Devilal Patidar lives and works out of Bhopal. Read Less    Read More Read Less Read Less
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