Rina Banerjee "Take me, take me, take me…to the Palace of Love", 2003, plastic, antique Anglo-Indian Bombay dark wood chair, steel and copper framework, floral picks, foam balls, cowrie shells, quilting pins, colored moss, antique stone globe, glass, synthetic fabric, shells, fake birds, 226 x 161 x 161 inches
Her installation (Take me, take me, take me…to the Palace of Love), which occupies the gallery's front room, is a knockout: a metal armature covered in plastic wrapping, which when struck by light, fills the space with a fairy-tale pink glow. Inside the structure, a carved chair, suspended off the ground, overflows with humble baubles and tourist trinkets, also swathed in pink. They read as jewels, telling us that grandeur needn't be dependent on marble and gold; it can be achieved just as effectively with cast-off or store-bought junk.
