THE SUBLIMINAL ART MUSEUM, Cultural dimensions in airborne societies

Jaya-Hey, the GVK museum of Indian art & non-art locates itself in the function-less residual spaces created at the intersections of curved geometries evolved due to the X-shaped morphology of the Mumbai Terminal-2 airport. The art-space exists within the subliminal here-and-there space, neither clamoring for attention nor disappearing into the amorphous whole firmly contained by its glazed boundaries. Intelligently placed alongside passenger travel routes it blends within the somewhat ubiquitous volumes of airport-ness.

But again, how is it different from the typology of a gallery? It has an almost permanent collection on display and curatorial themes are permanent too. The well-established theory of the white-box for a museum/gallery space has been done away with and the art is not for sale.