I aim to draw my own state of dreams. In these works, I have confronted the real and the unreal corresponding with my own dream order in which man, beasts, plants, sky, sun, moon, stars, gods with super human powers and human weaknesses all fit into their assigned places. Till date, my prime concern has…
Akbar Padamsee was born in 1928 in Mumbai and studied art at the Sir J.J. School of Art. In 1954, he held his first solo exhibition in India at Jehangir Art Gallery. He was influenced by the works of Modigliani, Picasso and Braque along with Kalidasa’s Abhijnanasakuntalam. He was the recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation…