Gateway to Ghatkopar: with Atul Dodiya and Kaiwan Mehta

Stalking Art | Chemould Podcasts

If there is one thing Atul Dodiya and Kaiwan Mehta share, it is a deep understanding and engagement with the city of Bombay. In this episode moderated by Mehta, the pair speak about being alive to the urban space, museums, cinema, literature and people while reading these moments through the sense of time. Dodiya speaks of his attachment to an area that he has always lived in, Ghatkopar and being possessed with the idea of being a painter very early on, constantly being influenced by cinema, music, poetry, the Gujrati language and of course, Gandhi. From his Chawl to the Louvre, from Chabildas to Picasso, from Gandhi to Hitchock and from his Home to the World, Dodiya speaks of the idea of creating his own universe while painting, a narrative constantly shifting depending on where he wants to centre himself, ultimately feeling like he belongs everywhere and to everyone.