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The Art
Amrut Patel
Known for his unique visual language and spirit
of innovation, Amrut Patel’s artistic journey has spanned almost six decades. Over such a long
period, his art has taken many turns. Alongside his wide-ranging engagement with abstract painting, he has created an entire series of works influenced by tribal masks. Working with abstract structures on canvas, subtle light and dark shades, and musical rhythms, he creates a world in which memory and the present exist on the same plane. He constantly challenges the notion that abstract art means
creating without purpose. Colours and forms have their own inherent power, but it is the artist who must determine their direction and condition. If an artist cannot exercise that control, he suggests, then he should not enter the field of abstraction.
Amrut Patel was born in 1947 in a village
near Ahmedabad. His artistic journey began in 1968
with a diploma in painting. He also received training in fresco and mural painting. At a time when virtual space has become a widely discussed concept, Patel had already explored the idea of virtual space through his art many years ago. The symbolic or suggestive presence of reality within the virtual makes his work particularly significant. When he began his artistic 12
