Walking through the labyrinth that once was the officious Jaipur Hall of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Delhi, is a bit like falling down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland. Things are not quite as they seem and get ‘curiouser and curiouser’ as one goes along. Entering the exhibition hall, one brushes past vinyl curtains printed with words like ‘Thinking’, ‘Snoring’ and ‘Looking’ that jump out at you. Then you stumble into a room. Well, it looks like a room but is part-photograph and part-artistic construction — a space where past and present are seemingly conjoined and time has collapsed…”
