India, April 29 -- Mithu UnMyth Sen is a grand and lavishly produced large-format 364-page hardback full-colour retrospective book. It simultaneously presents, deconstructs (and UNconstructs) Sen's wide-ranging artistic oeuvre. To me, the best way to access her work is through the lens of her poetic soul and its inherent impulse. Making and UNmaking poems in its widest definition is at the core of her art - whether it is drawing, moving images, sculptures, installations, sound, performances or writing.

This book is a judiciously edited (by Irina Aristarkhova) and inventively designed (by Anusha Yadav) compendium. Apart from the original art - these two important curatorial aspects, alongside a fictional interview by Sen herself, with con...