Name/Title
Mrinalini MukherjeeEntry/Object ID
N9500.M85.M7Description
This revelatory monograph explores the work of Indian sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949-2015). Mukherjee worked most intensively with fiber, making significant forays into ceramic and bronze toward the middle and latter half of her career. Within her immediate artistic milieu in post-independent India, Mukherjee was one of the outlier artists whose art remained untethered to the dominant commitments of painting and figural storytelling. Her sculpture was sustained by a knowledge of traditional Indian and historic European sculpture, folk art, modern design, local crafts and textiles. Knotting was the principal gesture of Mukherjee's technique, evident from the very start of her practice. Within these pages are deliberations on Mukherjee's place within both an Indian and a more international art history, and her work's relationship to other fiber-art practices from the mid to late 20th century. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Met Breuer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, from June 4-September 29, 2019.Lexicon
Search Terms
artist monographs, exhibition catalogs, fiberwork--20th century, fiberwork--india, knotting, soft sculpture, women artistsLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Mrinalini Mukherjee, Shanay JhaveriPublisher
Shoestring PublisherPlace Published
City
MumbaiState/Province
MaharashtraCountry
IndiaContinent
AsiaDate Published
2019Call No.
N9500.M85.M7ISBN
8190472097, 9788190472098Notes
Length: 319