Conversation Chambers Museum Bhavan

18 DECEMBER TO 30 JUNE

KIRAN NADAR MUSEUM OF ART

The guide to ConversationChambers Museum Bhavan introduces the piece as “a living exhibition that will wax and wane with the lunar cycle.” While the connection to the moon may be poetic exaggeration, it is clear that the artist Dayanita Singh’s exhibit was built to accommodate change and manipulation. Museum Bhavan is a group of large structures composed entirely of framed photographs—all taken by Singh. The artist also periodically rearranges the photographs into forms such as columns, walls, facades and even doors. When I visited the exhibit, it was divided into several installations named the File Museum, the Museum of Little Ladies, and the Museum of Chance—each distinguished by the type of photography it showcased. Even just standing in front of the work was an experience of flux, as one appreciated the photographs from various angles.

- Cheryl Mukherji