Sculpting Inner Architectures: Jitendra Patel and the poetics of Contemporary form by Prabuddha Ghosh

Recently at Jehangir Art Gallery, sculptor Jitendra Patel unveils a body of work that signals remarkable artistic maturity and psychological depth. An alumnus of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Patel emerges from a formidable modernist lineage, yet his sculptural vocabulary is intensely personal, contemporary and philosophically charged.

For Patel, sculpture is not an object but a culmination of prolonged introspection. Each form evolves through sustained internal dialogue, research, and conceptual negotiation. His works crystallize emotional memory and existential inquiry, offering layered narratives without imposing fixed interpretations. They invite participation rather than passive viewing.

The human body remains central, though rarely intact. Through abstraction and fragmentation, anatomical certainty dissolves into rhythmic contours and symbolic volumes. These fractured figures do not signify rupture alone; they articulate the fluidity of contemporary identity—assembled, disassembled and re-imagined. His parallel engagement with architectural visualization reinforces this sensibility, allowing organic curves and futuristic geometries to converge.

Material, in Patel’s practice, is never neutral. It operates as metaphor—carrying technological, cultural and psychological resonance. His attraction to industrial and machine-referential elements reflects our age of digital dependency, yet beneath this surface lies a persistent search for spiritual equilibrium. Twisted torsos, spirals, domes and flame-like extensions generate kinetic tension, transforming static mass into pulsating presence.

Installed widely across institutional and industrial contexts, his sculptures transcend the gallery framework, functioning as contemplative landmarks. JituBhai ultimately situates himself in a rare terrain where modern abstraction intersects with inner consciousness—where sculpture becomes an architecture of meditation and form becomes a vessel for silent intensity.

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