This image shows a work that is part of the exhibition, 'The Sher-Gil Archive: An Installation.'

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

'The articles, all personal possessions, seem to define themselves in a sphere outside their materiality. This makes for a subtle interplay of emotional elements that recalls, as if through mists of time, the long-departed presence and social milieu of the original owner.'

Exhibition history: 'The Sher-Gil Archive: An Installation,' Mucsarnok, Dorottya Gallery, Budapest; The Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi; Gallery Chemould, Bombay; 1995, Illustrated catalogue. 'The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art,' Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; 1996. 'Private Mythology: Contemporary Art from India,' Curator: Akira Tatehata, Japan Foundation, Asia Centre, Tokyo; 1998, Illustrated catalogue.