The master of drawing movement
Source: Mid-Day
The Nehru Centre Art Gallery, which has been regularly showcasing retrospectives of art masters for a quarter of a century, has chosen one of the pioneers of Indian modern art this month: late Mumbai artist and master draughtsman Shiavax Chavda.
In 43 years of marriage, artist Shiavax Chavda and Bharatanatyam dancer Khurshid Vajifdar shared their life - their house and their office - as equals. In their circular workspace in Dhobi Talao, he took up one half as his studio, and she took up the other half to teach dance.
"He would hear a lot of tabla, harmonium and dance sounds: explanations, instructions, children asking questions," says their daughter Jeroo Chavda. "It was a lively scene for him, because normally when you paint, it’s very solitary and quiet. You’re always by yourself. It added a lot of textures to his [paintings of] dancers. Even his abstracts, everybody says, “There’s so much movement in it.” They’re not static."
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