Meet Natvar Bhavsar, an artist unknown in his own land of birth

Bhavsar, over his long career, has created nearly 2,000 works, some of which feature in institutions such as Boston Museum of Fine Arts

I enter the DAG Modern in Mumbai with a sense of considerable anticipation. I am about to view the works of an artist whose creations I had only seen in catalogues or read about in essays. Natvar Bhavsar is a big name. And today, among the most widely collected Indian artists in the US, where he has been based since 1962. Over his long career, he has created nearly 2,000 works, some of which feature in institutions such as the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, as well as New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R  Guggenheim Museum.