The self is at the center of Anju Dodiya's works. Though not solipsistic, the
majority of her works give the viewer access to private moments, lifted from
"the private discourse that goes on within oneself when one is alone". Dodiya
initially resisted the lure of self-portraiture: Her early works were extremely
abstract, and following her first show ("a fictional autobiography"), she tried
to refocus her gaze on railway...
The self is at the center of Anju Dodiya's works. Though not solipsistic, the
majority of her works give the viewer access to private moments, lifted from
"the private discourse that goes on within oneself when one is alone". Dodiya
initially resisted the lure of self-portraiture: Her early works were extremely
abstract, and following her first show ("a fictional autobiography"), she tried
to refocus her gaze on railway stations, roadside scenes, and so forth. Yet
ultimately she found her original impulse of a painterly introspection was the
strongest, and rechanneled her vision into describing situations from her life.
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Anju Dodiya Opus
Signed, inscribed and dated 'Anju/ ANJU DODIYA/ 2007/ "OPUS"' (on the reverse of the paperwork)
EXHIBITED:Throne of Frost: Anju Dodiya , Mumbai: Bodhi Art, 7 April - 31 May 2007; Vadodara: Laxmi Vilas Palace, March 2007All Night I Shall Gallop: Anju Dodiya , Singapore: Bodhi Art, 2008, p. 9 (illustrated)Throne of Frost: Anju Dodiya , Mumbai: Bodhi Art, 2007, pp. 118-121 (illustrated)ART India , Volume XII, Issue I, Quarter I, Mumbai: Art India Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., 2007, pp. 116-117 (illustrated)
Category: Painting