Gieve Patel
(1940 - 2023)
Shipbuilding in Mumbai
A substantial part of Gieve Patel's oeuvre has been focussed on the common man in the city of Mumbai. Fellow artist Sudhir Patwardhan describes the artist's "rare sensitivity and concern" as being "evidence of [his] continuing engagement with the human condition." (Sudhir Patwardhan, "Gieve Patel: Looking into the Well... Beyond Metaphor," Critical Collective , online) In his large scale canvases, Patel paints "details of public life and...
A substantial part of Gieve Patel's oeuvre has been focussed on the common man in the city of Mumbai. Fellow artist Sudhir Patwardhan describes the artist's "rare sensitivity and concern" as being "evidence of [his] continuing engagement with the human condition." (Sudhir Patwardhan, "Gieve Patel: Looking into the Well... Beyond Metaphor," Critical Collective , online) In his large scale canvases, Patel paints "details of public life and its physical components with almost altruistic detachment... There is a caustic silence in his paintings - an imperceptible pause, in a way the moment of potential. In this, the narrative is strongest, assigning a special place to the most banal..." (Mala Marwah, "Notes on Four Artists: Vivan Sundaram, Nalini Malani, Gieve Patel, Bhupen Khakhar," Lalit Kala Contemporary, Volumes 24, 25, New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1978, pp. 25-30)
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Gieve Patel Shipbuilding in Mumbai
Signed, dated and inscribed '"Shipbuilding in Mumbai" / (2005) / Gieve Patel' (on the reverse)
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EXHIBITED:Gieve Patel: Select Works 1971 - 2006 , New Delhi: Gallery Threshold, 24 September - 22 October 2009; Mumbai: Chemould Prescott Road, 7 May - 11 June 2010Manifestations IX , New Delhi: Delhi Art Gallery, 2012, pp. 65-66 (illustrated)
Category: Painting
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