Anju Dodiya's work comes loaded with poetic symbolism, cross-pollinated by references from a broad array of cultures, media and historical periods, from classical Medieval and Renaissance paintings and tapestries to Japanese Ukio-e prints, to the films of Ingmar Bergman. Her meticulous watercolors, charcoal drawings and acrylic paintings depict dream-like, mysterious scenes, in which Dodiya's is often the main protagonist, finding her way through dramatic, archetypal narratives that are sometimes whimsical, sometimes terrifying and violent. Dodiya's art uses masquerade and theatre as central motifs toward building her layered fictions: Elaborate costumes, masks, magicians, actors, and harlequins appear throughout her oeuvre. OccasionalChristie's Mumbai...