Rekha Rodwittiya's art is personal, political and always arresting

Rekha Rodwittiya engages with art at an aesthetic and intellectual level simultaneously, writes Kishore Singh

Jehangir Nicholson was the kind of collector one meets not very often — more’s the pity — for he began his journey not so much rationally as passionately. He collected well, if not always wisely, putting his money on stalwarts but also trusting his instinct on yet untested talents. One such acquisition is now on view at the eponymously named Jehangir Nicholson Gallery at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) and has been garnering a lot of curiosity since it opened last month.

In 1995, the United Nations had invited Rekha Rodwittiya to create an installation at its office in