Woman from Kabul is a work about living in Afghanistan at the turn of the new millenium. The artist recalls a country rich in history and resources that has collapsed under the weight of war. A figure of an elderly woman, stripped of most of her black burka, squats over a very decorative backdrop of wall paper. Her body is revealed as skin and bones, representative of the oppression and squalor that has become endemic of the city. Dodiya’s work is a potent reminder of the plight of the refugee.

In Portrait of Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918), Dodiya portrays the Georgian primitivist Niko Pirosmani, who was revered for having invented a new technique of painting during periods of solitude and poverty. The artist uses found objects such as cotton Karat and pyjamas, which hang over this painting. Upon closer inspection, one notices that Dodiya has rendered the Georgian as a portrait of himself. The artist appears to determine a new destiny for himself, that of a promising young painter in European dress at the turn of the century.