Gieve Patel sensitively portrays the human
condition in the more mellow works of his later years
Firdaus Gandavia
Gieve Patel’s exhibition of paintings which opened on January 18, 2017 at the Galerie Mirchandani+Steinruecke at Colaba is a visual treat not just for connoisseurs of art but also for the layman who is compassionate and who can empathize with the sensitive portrayal of the human condition.
Gieve Patel
One of the most striking paintings in the exhibition is The Footboard Rider. It depicts a scene common to any Bombayite traveling by suburban trains. There is a riot of colors, carefully chosen, and the visual, once again a familiar one, is a man dozing while through the window we see the......