The exhibition of Atul Dodiya, Mahatma and the Masters, can be visited at Galerie Daniel Templon, in Brussels, until the 24th October of 2015.
Atul Dodiya, a contemporary Indian artist, born in 1959. Using painting and photography, the artist focuses on episodes of the life of Gandhi and combines them with contemporary and modern occidental artists, such as Mondrian, Picasso or Duchamp. The result is a confrontation between two different moments of history: the fight for the independence of India, between 1910 and 1947, and important moments of European art.
With colleagues – outside the Johannesburg office, c.1905, 2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, polyester putty and oil over galvanized steel.
The Vegetarian Society, London 1890, 2014, oil on canvas and archive photography printed over paper. 60 x 122 cmWith Nehru, Sweeper’s Colony, New Delhi, October 2, 1946, 2014, oil on canvas and archive photography printed over paper. 54,5 x 94 cmCrossing the river Narmada, March 26, 1930, 2014, oil on canvas and archive photography printed over paper.50 x 137 cmDum Dum Jail, Calcutta, January 17, 1946, 2014, oil on canvas and archive photography printed over paper. 54,5 x 95 cmCrossing the river Utmanzai, October 9, 1938, 2014, oil on canvas and archive photography printed over paper. 60 x 150 cm
