...and for those who sing their national anthem in somebody else's mother tongue. | Vivek Vilasini

"…and for those who sing their national anthem in somebody else’s mother tongue." marks Vivek Vilasini’s third solo exhibition with Sakshi Gallery. Conceived as a series of visual essays, the exhibition resists a singular narrative, with each work functioning as an independent yet interconnected inquiry. Together, they offer multiple points of entry into Vilasini’s exploration of contemporary experience.

Vilasini’s practice navigates the intersections of the global and the local, often transposing culturally specific references into broader socio-political and mythic frameworks. His works engage with themes of migration, language and identity, examining the tensions that arise when cultural and ideological systems intersect.

Positioning himself as both observer and interlocutor, Vilasini reflects on the frictions between belonging and exclusion, uniformity and plurality, and authority and resistance.