'Difficulty in telling the Truth', 2005, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 78 in

Flyover, 2005, Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 in

'Paying the Bill', 2005, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in

'Death on the street', 2007, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in

'Silent Town, 2007, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 in

Killing 2, 2007, 30 x 24 in
One comes to a Sudhir Patwardhan show with a criterion which is rare in our times :
the criterion of truth. Not truth as something settled and immutable - in fact Patwardhan's work has always displayed a dynamic interaction between the contingent and the considered, often represented by his drawings and paintings respectively. The genuineness in his work arises from a deep moral conviction,
coupled with a certainty about what he wants to achieve and an ability to achieve it.

Girish Shahane 1999
The Art News Magazine of India

Riot,1996, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 33 in

 

Fall 1998, Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x42 in Artist with cycle,'92, Acrylic on canvas,48 x 40 in Town, 1985 oil on canvas,72 x 44 in

The industrial landscape and the working classes: the phrase describes Sudhir Patwardhan's chosen pictorial territory, its geography and its inhabitants. His paintings have tracked, shifted focus over the years, through shantytowns, rundown tenements, suburban trains, dhabas (Indian roadside diners). In his recent work, the range and resonance of the artist's recurrent themes are intensified to a deeply meditative pitch. From the random, arbitrary strands of frame and detail offered by the jerrybuilt urban borderlands, a series of images are spun off, tender, affective.
Ranjit Hoskote Times of India, Nov 29, 1992

Construction worker washing her face,1998 acrylic on canvas 18 x 15 in Shaque, 1998 acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 in Floods, 1991 28 x 22 in acrylic on paper Factory at Ambernath 2000,acrylic on canvas 24 x 30 in

Ulhasnagar 2001: click on any of the four parts to see a bigger image

Hills, 1998, Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 54 in ,61 x 138 cm Sleep, 1998, acrylic and cloth on canvas, 40 x 42 in