CONTENTS 

preface 
bhanumati padamsee


figure and shadow: conversations on the illusive art of akbar padamsee 
homi bhabha


re-situating akbar padamsee: a sociology of figuration
annapurna garimella


FIGURATION
abstracting figuration: akbar padamsee's body in india
michael w. meister


the inherent lightness of being: akbar padamsee's oeuvre of the '50s
anupa mehta


a time for reflection: pose? posture? picture? painting?
pheroza godrej


akbar padamsee's sculptures
nanak ganguly


LANDSCAPE
shades of grey
saryu doshi


akbar padamsee's artistic "landscape" of the '60s
beth citron


metascape: an artifice and its veils
anshuman das gupta


exploring the metascape
baiju parthan


on the play of mirrors
veena das


ARTISTS AND CRITICS
a note on akbar
krishen khanna


koffee korner
arvind krishna mehrotra


untitled
atul dodiya


akbar padamsee: ascetic sensualist
gieve patel


panoramas in grey
sudhir patwardhan


revisiting juhu
geeta kapur


OTHER MEDIA
art in the river of life
meenakshi shedde


ARCHIVAL EXCERPTS
padamsee
by shamlal


akbar padamsee: the other side of solitude
by geeta kapur


akbar's own writings


biography


bibliography