To Patwardhan, drawing is as important a form as painting and sculpture are. He has practised it, as an autonomous interest and as preparation for paintings, throughout his career. In The Crafting of Reality, Ranjit Hoskote presents an archive of over three decades of Patwardhan’s drawings in various media, including graphite, charcoal, pastel, and ink and wash. Hoskote engages Patwardhan in a lively and substantial conversation, and provides an illuminating introductory essay.

Ranjit Hoskote (born 1969) is a poet, cultural theorist and curator. He is the author of 19 books. He has curated 20 exhibitions of Indian and International art, including a mild-career survey of Atul Dodiya and retrospective of Jehangir Sabavala (National Gallery of Moder Art, New Delhi and Mumbai, (2005-2006). He co-curated the Trans-Asian collaborative project,Under Construction (Japan Foundation, 2000-2002). Hoskote and Hyunjin Kim co-curated, with Artistic Director Okwui Enwezor, the 7th Gwangju Biennale ( Korea, 2008).

He has been writer-in-residence at the International Writing Program, University of Iowa (1995), Villa Waldberta and The Promised City project, Berlin (2010). Hoskote is curatorial director, foundation b & g, Mumbai.