Phenomenal Nature:
Mrinalini Mukherjee
The Met Breuer
2019
This was the first posthumous retrospective of the Indian artist Mrinalini Mukherjee in the United States. The graphic identity and exhibition design stem from Mukherjee’s skillful coalescence of nature, modernity and Indian textile traditions.
A new floor acts as the main formal and organizational device. Its figure-ground relationship with the existing stone floor shapes the trajectories of visitors through the exhibition and acts as a soft psychological barrier. A translucent curtain loosely creates rooms and niches for the art and visitor to interact at different levels of intimacy.
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A new floor acts as the main formal and organizational device. Its figure-ground relationship with the existing stone floor shapes the trajectories of visitors through the exhibition and acts as a soft psychological barrier. A translucent curtain loosely creates rooms and niches for the art and visitor to interact at different levels of intimacy.
