How Sudhir Patwardhan’s art portrays Mumbai’s fractured political landscape

An excerpt from ‘Walking through Soul City’, by Nancy Adajania.

Nancy Adajania

· Nov 29, 2022 · 08:30 am

The Art of Solitude: Zarina Hashmi’s painting of a void is a work of infinite mystery and power

Dark, heaving like an imperceptible tide, the void stares back at us.

Nancy Adajania

· Apr 11, 2020 · 11:30 am

The Art of Resistance: Sudhir Patwardhan’s ‘Street Play’ reflects the diversity of defiant voices

The painting speaks of Mumbai’s turbulent history but mirrors the events of today.

Nancy Adajania

· Jan 01, 2020 · 01:30 pm

In the sculptures of these two artists, you can see the burning tragedy of Bastar

Shantibai and Rajkumar’s works are testimonies to the plight of a people caught in a crossfire.

Nancy Adajania

· Dec 12, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Dreaming of the Revolution: How politics shaped the art of Navjot Altaf

In her oils of the early 1970s, she attempted to formulate a Marxist critique of capital and the power structures that preserve the status quo.

Nancy Adajania

· Feb 11, 2016 · 08:30 am

Hema Upadhyay: Sifting through the tragedy to remember a special person

Her death is a cautionary tale for the Indian art world.

Nancy Adajania

· Jan 05, 2016 · 12:30 pm