Atul Dodiya: The wet sleeves of my paper robe. |
 Atul Dodiya Sabari in her youth – after Nandalal Bose: Story-teller Atul Dodiya reflects on an increasingly disrespectful world through Ramayana character Sabari. Atul Dodiya, one of India’s prominent artists takes his role in society seriously – whilst in the past he may have been focused more on aesthetics, today he finds a need to reflect on the social and political issues in India and the world. Known for his watercolour series on Mahatma Gandhi and his acclaimed roller shutter paintings which juxtaposed contradictory images of fortune and tragedy, Dodiya continues to explore social issues in this new series of works created at Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) in September 2005. The new works – a mix of unique paper pulps and edition prints tell the story of Sabari, a young female character in the classical Indian epic The Ramayana, who forsakes everything to live alone in the forest with nature. In his work Dodiya explores her story and her enduring respect for nature, reflecting on what he perceives has been lost in our modern world. Although most know Sabari as the woman who waits for Lord Rama into her old age, Dodiya chose to contemplate her life afresh, as a young woman, reflecting on why she chose a life of hardship and devotion. The works were created during Dodiya’s residency at STPI, as part of a collaboration between the Institute and Bodhi Art, the S.E. Asian specialist in contemporary Indian art. Dodiya, a mixed media artist for many years, embraced the opportunities for experimentation and the works radiate his energy and exuberance. Born in Mumbai, India in 1959, Dodiya earned his B.F.A. in 1982 from the Sir J J School of Art, Mumbai and from 1991-1992 he studied at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Winner of several awards, in 1999 he won the Sotheby’s Prize for Contemporary Art. He has exhibited extensively worldwide, including a solo show at Madrid’s Reina Sofia Museum in 2002, and participated in London’s Tate Gallery exhibition ‘Centuries Cities: Art and Culture in Modern Metropolis’ in 2000; ‘I con: India Contemporary’ – a satellite show at the 2005 Venice Biennale and the ‘Indian Summer’ exhibition of contemporary Indian art at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in October 2005. 7 – 21 January 2006 at Singapore Tyler Print Institute, 41 Robertson Quay Presented by Bodhi Art and Singapore Tyler Print Institute.
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