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In Sea Bath, Dodiya reveals Gandhi at the conclusion of the Salt March to Dandi, 1930, about to break the oppressive law and baffle the empire with a pinch of salt; the figure of a man pulling off his shirt, which is picked out in a spotlight beside Bapu, is borrowed from Piero della Francesca's 'The Baptism of Christ' (National Gallery, London)
(Ranjit Hoskote, "Re-imagining Bapu", An Artist of Non-violence, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, pg.26)
About Atul Dodiya - Limited edition offset prints
The collection "Re-Imagining Bapu" includes limited edition prints of paintings from Atul Dodiya’s solo show, “An Artist of Non-violence”, held at Gallery Chemould in 1999. Among the artists and figures who fuelled his artistic creations, Mahatma Gandhi featured in a large body of works. His fascination with Gandhi resulted in a series of works featuring Bapu from the 1980s onwards. As art critic Ranjit Hoskote puts it, Gandhi does not appear in Dodiya’s works as a person in a familiar setting, but as a force to be reckoned with. They showcase Atul’s versatility as an artist, and a “spectrum of moods through which Bapu passed...as a peaceful revolutionary.” (Gallery Chemould exhibition catalogue, 1999)