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“A piece of art is created because you allow it to happen, it cannot be forced. ‘I’ am not creating, it is my hands that are creating, for when they have clay beneath them, ‘I’ am lost. Next day when I look at the creation, I wonder whether it was really I that had done it, for I had been totally lost as my hands had been shaping the clay.” – HIMMAT SHAH

Himmat Shah, who was born in Lothal, had a childhood that was deeply... “A piece of art is created because you allow it to happen, it cannot be forced. ‘I’ am not creating, it is my hands that are creating, for when they have clay beneath them, ‘I’ am lost. Next day when I look at the creation, I wonder whether it was really I that had done it, for I had been totally lost as my hands had been shaping the clay.” – HIMMAT SHAH

Himmat Shah, who was born in Lothal, had a childhood that was deeply influenced by being in close proximity to an excavation site of the Indus Valley civilisation, with one of the highest yields of sculptural artefacts.The artist explored the caves and desert landscapes of the region throughout his childhood, and these early experiences had a deep impact on his work. Shah immersed himself in many mediums before focussing on sculptures, and is best known for his enigmatic sculptures of heads.

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