V ····················· ilas Bhad—attacked by strays four times—harbours a pho bia of dogs and wouldn’t have one as a pet. Yet, samples from the artist’s new collection, nine small-format paper works showing at Concern India Foundation’s Art Bazaar in Mumbai, nimbly contrast the sensitivity of the animal, and its sense of humour, with that of man. “We respond most positively to dogs,” Bhad says. “And no animal exhibits greater human emotions.” The 28-year-old is, in fact, the male figure present…
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