Paintings (1997-2000)

Gieve Patel
2000

Gieve Patel is not one of those painters who evade the grief, violence and affliction of their society by resorting to elaborate symbolism. Over the years, he has chosen to document the disasters rather than the much-publicised triumphs of humankind's evolutionary march, gathering his reports together into a subversive 'Gallery of Man.'

- Ranjit Hoskote