Atul Dodiya is a major figure in contemporary Indian art. He draws on politics, art history and folklore for his work, as well as Indian and North American popular culture. His well-known series of paintings on roller shutters, evoking the doors of Mumbai shopfronts, feature Hindu gods, figures from South Asian history and Bollywood stars, as well as masterpieces of European and North American art. Dodiya also produces vitrines filled with objects, artefacts, photographs and appropriated art works, providing provocative new contexts for these. The idea for these works developed after his visit to the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, a recurring figure in his work, in 1997. Noticing a cabinet of Gandhi’s personal effects, documents and photographs, Dodiya recognised this as a way of expressing how a personal collection of belongings can shape lives and become part of a collective memory. His latest series of cabinet works was commissioned especially for APT7, and examines regional art histories through the lens of the Triennial’s 20-year history.

The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) is QAGOMA's flagship international contemporary art event, and the only major exhibition series in the world to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia, the Pacific and Australia.

APT7 continues the series' forward-thinking approach to questions of geography, history and culture and how these questions are explored through the work of contemporary artists. APT7 also marks the twentieth anniversary of the APT, presenting an opportunity to reflect on the unprecedented transformations that have occurred in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

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Atul Dodiya, India b.1959 / Somersault in sandalwood sky 2012 / Teak wood cabinets with archival prints, paintings, sculptures and found objects / Nine cabinets / Purchased 2012. Queensland Art Gallery / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist

The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7) / Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Brisbane Australia / 8 Dec 2012 – 14 Apr 2013

Source: QAGOMA APT Archive

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