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Grounded in the political activism of the 1960s, he wove cultural history, social biography and labour politics into monumental installation art
His artwork and installations evoked the distress of the Gulf War and communal riots and put the spotlight on migration, pollution, and homelessness.
Vivan Sundaram, an artist and activist widely credited with spearheading a transition in modern and contemporary Indian art from European-inspired abs
Both his life and work, inevitably, are deeply intertwined with all of 20th century India as he moved from colonial histories to those of contemporary radical activism, from Nehruvian nationalism to hallucinating images of dystopian globalisation.
"I have had a very long association with Vivan...much before my museum came into being (in 2010). He was not only an artist but a very good friend; we had so much fondness for each other," Dr Kiran Nadar told indianexpress.com