Gateway (Exhibition view)

The work was first shown in the exhibition entitled 'Memorial: an installation with photographs and sculpture' (1993).

Excerpt from Kamala Kapoor, The Art Of Vivan Sundaram, Lustre Press, Roli Books, 2002:

'Ordinary, everyday objects of storage (home) and travel (migration): tin trunks, put together in an unexpected combination, emanate a monumental, heritage feeling. The work involves a passage: a pathway of red sandstone slabs, intersected by a channel of blood. The walk-through engages the spectator by means of active involvement in a recall of the '92-'93 Mumbai riots, a remainder that some things are never forgotten.'

Materials used include tin trunks that were painted, rusted, and etched. There is also a neon sign with the words 'Fallen Mortal' inside the top trunk.

Exhibition history: ‘Memorial: an installation with photographs and sculpture,’ AIFACS Gallery, New Delhi; 1993; Sakshi Gallery, Melange Art and Design Centre, Bombay; 1996, Illustrated catalogue. 

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1993

Creation place

India

Medium

Painted/rusted and etched tin trunks with neon sign

Dimension

231.14cm x 215.9cm x 83.82cm

Content type

artwork documentation

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Gateway (Exhibition view)