Spanning various periods of the artist's oeuvre, an exhibition has recently been held in Delhi's Vadhera Art Gallery to acknowledge Benode Behari Mukherjee through multiple lenses including glimpses of him through his own eyes, presented through a series of self-portraits; a selection of intimate sketches of flora that reveal the significance of minute details in his vocabulary, speaking not only of how he saw the world due to his limited eyesight but focusing on the significance of linear form in his understanding of space; his landscapes, preparatory drawings and paintings, which lend themselves to analysis by anyone wanting to engage with Mukherjee's unique understanding of space.
Curator R. Siva Kumar shares how eminent an artist Mukherjee is. He says,"Let me tell you why Benode Behari is important. He is not only an important artist, one of the best among the best. That being agreed, I hope you will also accept that (even 38 years after his death) he is not as well recognised as many others who you consider important and that in itself is a good reason for having a major exhibition of his work."
