Yakshi

Yakshi

Mrinalini MukherjeeWW-1984-M117493
1984·Dyed hemp·97 × 48 × 29" (246.4 × 121.9 × 73.7 cm)

Catalogue

Year
1984
Medium
Dyed hemp
Dimensions
97 × 48 × 29" (246.4 × 121.9 × 73.7 cm)

Artist

Mrinalini Mukherjee
Mrinalini Mukherjee

Mrinalini Mukherjee was an Indian sculptor known for her monumental abstract works in fiberglass, bronze, and stone. Working from the 1970s onward, she developed a distinctive formal language of curved, organic forms that eschewed figuration in favor of biomorphic abstraction. Her sculptures occupied a singular position in postwar Indian modernism, engaging with both Western abstraction and the spatial philosophies of her own cultural context. Mukherjee's practice emphasized the interplay between mass, void, and surface, creating works that demanded active bodily engagement from viewers navigating around and through them.

Mumbai, India

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Year
1984
Medium
Dyed hemp
Dimensions
97 × 48 × 29" (246.4 × 121.9 × 73.7 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1984-M117493

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Mrinalini Mukherjee

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