Considering how the people and architecture of Mumbai and Thane have inspired artist Sudhir Patwardhan for decades, it is fitting that his retrospective at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is overpopulated to a fault. Usually, art shows offer viewers a sense of expanse. Not this one. Curated by Nancy Adajania, Walking Through Soul City, is crammed with paintings, making NGMA’s cavernous interiors seem as densely-packed with objects as a two-BHK apartment shared between six flatmates.
28 December 2019
