Atul Dodiya: Seven Minutes of Blackmail
We open 2019 with Atul Dodiya鈥檚 exhibition: Seven Minutes of Blackmail芒 Chemould Prescott Road. This will be Dodiya鈥檚 tenth exhibition with Chemould, having started his first solo show in our small space at Jehangir Art Gallery.
A captivating storyteller, Atul's narratives have touched widespread genres. His canvas becomes the storybook for art history, politics, history, 'gandhiisms', personal stories, the list goes on! But what often gets played out in his work is Dodiya鈥檚 passion for film. This exhibition explores Dodiya鈥檚 obsession with the medium, narrating episodic facts as if in film-reels painted in his signature photographic genius, where the act of painting is often mistaken for photography. In this exhibition, he pays homage to the genius of Hitchcock, where Atul is seen recreating his legacy through the close watching of the Hitchcock film, Blackmail. He has made a set of 36 paintings 鈥� which could best be read as a 'contact sheet '.
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We open 2019 with Atul Dodiya鈥檚 exhibition: Seven Minutes of Blackmail芒 Chemould Prescott Road. This will be Dodiya鈥檚 tenth exhibition with Chemould, having started his first solo show in our small space at Jehangir Art Gallery.
A captivating storyteller, Atul's narratives have touched widespread genres. His canvas becomes the storybook for art history, politics, history, 'gandhiisms', personal stories, the list goes on! But what often gets played out in his work is Dodiya鈥檚 passion for film. This exhibition explores Dodiya鈥檚 obsession with the medium, narrating episodic facts as if in film-reels painted in his signature photographic genius, where the act of painting is often mistaken for photography. In this exhibition, he pays homage to the genius of Hitchcock, where Atul is seen recreating his legacy through the close watching of the Hitchcock film, Blackmail. He has made a set of 36 paintings 鈥� which could best be read as a 'contact sheet '.
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Chemould Prescott Road opened 2019 with Atul Dodiya鈥檚 exhibition: 'Seven Minutes of Blackmail' at Chemould Prescott Road on 16 January 2019 with the commencement of Mumbai Gallery Weekend.
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