Né en 1959 à Bombay
Etudes à la JJ School of Art de Bombay
Vit et travaille à Bombay
« Atul Dodiya, passionné d’histoire de l’art est une sorte de chef de file des peintres de sa génération en Inde. Constamment, tant avec humour que gravité, il brouille les pistes : figuratif, abstrait, il réalise également des vitrines aux objets presque surréalistes. Atul Dodiya joue sur la superposition de toutes sortes d’imageries – images kitsch et populaires, grandes figures ou événements de la politique indienne (Gandhi, Nehru, l’état de violence au Cachemire et les émeutes du Gujarat) ou occidentale (Clinton, Poutine), autobiographiques mais également images faisant référence à l’histoire de la peinture (suprématisme, constructivisme, abstraction) – et sur le sens qui se dégage de cette collision. » (Indian Summer, ENSBA Paris 2005).
L’œuvre d’Atul Dodiya a cette particularité culturelle Indienne particulièrement captivante, à l’instar de l’un de ses maîtres Bhupen Khakhar, de revitaliser sa démarche par des aller retour incessant entre les Beaux Arts et les arts populaires, entre l’espace privatif et l’espace publique.
Atul Dodiya avoue aussi, parmi ses nombreux centres d’intérêt, sa passion pour le cinéma. Satyajit Ray occupe la première place dans son panthéon personnel, suivi par Tarkovsky, Antonioni et Kurosawa. Son œuvre est en plan séquence, multipliant les expériences formelles comme autant de plan, contre plan et autre plan large. Elle s’affirme comme le synopsis d’une œuvre globale.
Diplômé de la J.J. School of Art, Bombay en1982, il étudie à l’école des Beaux Arts de Paris de 1991 à 1992. Depuis sa première exposition solo à la Gallery Chemould, Bombay en 1989 il a beaucoup exposé en solo et en groupe en Inde et dans le monde entier : Saptapadi, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi ; Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai,2007 ; Shri Khakkar Prasanna, Chemould Prescott, Mumbai, 2007 ; The Wet Sleeves of My Paper Robe, Bodhi Art, Bombay & New York, 2006. Icon: ‘India Contemporary’ Venice Biennale, 2006; 'Indian Summer' L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, 2005; Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, the Asia Society, New York & Queens Museum, New York, 2005; London's Tate Gallery, 'Centuries Cities: Art and Culture in Modern Metropolis', 2000; Yokohama Triennale, 2002 ; Capital and Karma: Recent Positions in Art, Kunsthalle Vienna, 2002 ; the House of World Cultures, Berlin, 2003 ; Espacio Uno, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, 2002. The crowning glory was his works being shown at the Tate Museum, London, (2000), as part of the exhibition 'Centuries Cities: Art and Culture in Modern Metropolis'…
Born in 1959 in Bombay
Studied at the JJ School of Art of Bombay
Lives and works in Bombay
"Atul Dodiya, passionately involved in art history, is something of a leader among the Indian painters of his generation. With both humor and gravity, he constantly confuses the issue, moving from figurative to abstract painting as well as creating glass cases with almost surrealistic objects. Atul Dodiya plays on the superposition of all sorts of images – kitsch and popular imagery, major figures and events from Indian politics (Gandhi, Nehru, violence in Kashmir and riots in Gujarat, as well as images from Western sources (Clinton, Putin). Autobiographical images are included as well as others referring to the history of painting (Suprematism, Constructivism, Abstraction), all designed as an investigation of meaning that emerges from these collisions." (Indian Summer, ENSBA Paris 2005).
The work of Atul Dodiya shares a particularly captivating Indian cultural specificity, similarly to one of his masters, Bhupen Khakhar – the revitalization of art through a constant dialog between the fine arts and popular arts, between a private and public space.
Among his many centers of interest, Atul Dodiya is also fascinated by the cinema. Satyajit Ray holds first place in his personal pantheon, followed by Tarkovsky, Antonioni, and Kurosawa. His work is a kind of sequence shot that multiplies formal experiments as plain, reverse, or wide-angle shots, affirming itself in a synopsis of a global oeuvre.
Following a degree from the J.J. School of Art, Bombay in 1982, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris from 1991 to 1992. Since his first solo show in 1989 at the Gallery Chemould, Bombay, he has exhibited in many solo and group shows in India and elsewhere in the world: Saptapadi, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai,2007; Shri Khakkar Prasanna, Chemould Prescott, Mumbai, 2007; The Wet Sleeves of My Paper Robe, Bodhi Art, Bombay & New York, 2006. Icon: ‘India Contemporary’ Venice Biennale, 2006; 'Indian Summer' L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, 2005; Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India, the Asia Society, New York & Queens Museum, New York, 2005; London's Tate Gallery, 'Centuries Cities: Art and Culture in Modern Metropolis', 2000; Yokohama Triennale, 2002; Capital and Karma: Recent Positions in Art, Kunsthalle Vienna, 2002; the House of World Cultures, Berlin, 2003; Espacio Uno, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, 2002. The crowning glory was his works being shown at the Tate Museum, London, (2000), as part of the exhibition 'Centuries Cities: Art and Culture in Modern Metropolis'…
Atul Dodiya
