Molten Slumber

2023-2024 | Stoneware, copper

Abir Patwardhan, a versatile cross-disciplinary artist shapes narratives through his sculptures, drawings, paintings, and theater production designs. He is fascinated by life and the earth that holds it; by our constantly forming and transforming planet. This enchantment informs and propels his practice.

Molten Slumber is a reflection of this profound fascination. It seeks to capture the interplay between material, form, and their transformations over timescales.

ABIR PATWARDHAN  is an artist. He sculpts, draws, paints and works in theater production design. Nature, and the earth we live on is his fascination, from which he draws inspiration for most of his work. Abir weaves his narratives into forms using materials and processes to explore their unique expression. He is studying the patination process on nonferrous metals and is also putting together a book of the various colours obtainable. 

He has studied sculpture at the M.S. University of Baroda and at the Ecole des beaux arts, Caen. He has worked and exhibited in various places in India and overseas. Abir has had a close association with ceramist Nirmala Patwardhan from 1990 – 2008. When not in his studio, Abir loves going on long walks with his dogs. He lives and works in Pune.