Sudhir Patwardhan
Spend a few hours in Patwardhan’s company and it becomes clear that he’s always been a painter of people more than places. Even though the landscape, architecture and street life of Mumbai has found vivid expression in his works over the decades, it is figuration and the human condition that remains the cornerstone of his art
Open Magazine • Sudhir Patwardhan: The People’s Painter - Open The Magazine
Although his lifetime’s work can be seen as an unstoppable anthology of Mumbai’s hope, aspiration and struggle, he has also documented the most tumultuous moments in the city’s recent history.
Sudhir Patwardhan: The People’s Painter - Open The Magazine
e has documented his relationship with the city - as a person in the crowd, as someone looking at Bombay from afar.
Artist Interview: Sudhir Patwardhan | Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014
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SIMÉON ARTAMONOV
Siméon Artamonov is a French artist based in London. From Russian origins, his multicultural experience influences his work, where he explores various aspects of identity and culture through vibrant colours, geometric and organic forms drawing inspiration from the principles of modern art. He Studied in Paris's most
... See more‘Is this enough?’ Throughout my career, I have tried to overcome the guilt of choosing this so-called elitist pursuit of art instead of direct action. But in my own way, I think I have done my best to use art to tell the stories of social struggle and the problems of being human and more importantly, to take art back to the public.”