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Gieve Patel joins Junoon's 'Mumbai Local'...

August 19, 2014 6:59:50 PM IST
MTG editorial

At 'Mumbai Local' this week, Junoon presents artist, poet and playwright Gieve Patel. Gieve Patel will talk about what makes art special and will share examples of his work. He will attempt to identify "the spark" that makes the experience of art a unique experience.

About Gieve Patel:

Gieve Patel is a distinguished painter and writer. His paintings are in public and private collections in India and in other countries, including The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, The Jehangir Nicholson Collection at The Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai. The Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts, USA, The Museum of Modern Art, Menton, France.

He has published three books of poetry: "Poems" (pub. Nissim Ezekiel, Mumbai, 1966), "How Do You Withstand, Body" (pub. Clearing House, Mumbai, 1976), "Mirrored, Mirroring" (pub. Oxford University Press, Madras, 1991).

He has written three plays, which have been performed in Bombay and other places. A collection of his plays "Mister Behram and Other Plays" was published by Seagull Books, Calcutta, in 2007. He conducts an annual, ongoing poetry workshop for school students at Rishi Valley Scool, Andhra Pradesh since the last twenty years. "Poetry With Young People", an anthology of poems written by the students, was published by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi in 2007. He has worked as a medical practitioner in rural and urban India.

Date: Friday, 22nd August 2014
Time: 5.30 pm
Venue: The Somaiya school, Somaiya Vidyavihar, Vidyavihar (E)

'Mumbai Local' events are free. To pre-book a seat write to mumbailocal@junoontheatre.org

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