In between all abstract works, is perhaps, Patel’s most absorbing creation; his Hospital series, which comprises of a number of works done in crow quill on paper, is the livery of death, disease and despair. Harrowing, and at times even disturbing, these drawings subtend from context to creation via the ethos of a hospital. There are bodies, burials and horrifying intestinal visions that arrest and are repugnant in a collateral sense.
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- The man who played with fire: Jeram Patel retrospective reveals how he played with the language of art, Sunday, December 18, 2016 - 05:34