Atul Dodiya
(1959)
Five Drips from Vesuvius
Five Drips from Vesuvius is the first of a seminal series of works Dodiya embarked on in 1998 incorporating text in a conceptual form. It is a tribute to the young Bombay artist Girish Dahiwale who committed suicide that same year. Two columns of medical conditions combined with an image of Dahiwale with his ear against a sculptural form comprised of circles form a memento mori, with the bunches of grapes and drips emblematic of a...Five Drips from Vesuvius is the first of a seminal series of works Dodiya embarked on in 1998 incorporating text in a conceptual form. It is a tribute to the young Bombay artist Girish Dahiwale who committed suicide that same year. Two columns of medical conditions combined with an image of Dahiwale with his ear against a sculptural form comprised of circles form a memento mori, with the bunches of grapes and drips emblematic of a fleeting burst of life. The dispassionate listing of words - ominous in their connotation - becomes the artistic framework. "Dreams, health, culture, politics, humour, life itself in fact, nurtures the creative act and the formal strategies underpinning it." (E Juncosa, "Painted Words," Ranjit Hoskote ed., Atul Dodiya, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery and Prestel Publishing, 2013, p. 95)
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Atul Dodiya Five Drips from Vesuvius
Signed 'Atul' and dated and inscribed 'ATUL DODIYA / "FIVE DRIPS FROM VESUVIUS" / 1998' (on the reverse)
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PUBLISHED:Atul Dodiya: Antler Anthology , Mumbai: Gallery Chemould, 2003, p.6 (illustrated)Atul Dodiya , Munich: Prestel Verlag; New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2013, p. 96 (illustrated)
Category: Painting
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