Description

In this gleaming duet of steel, Subodh Gupta transmutes the iconic Absolut vodka bottle into a meditation on form, reflection, and cultural memory. The taller vessel retains the minimalist silhouette of the original—cylindrical, ascetic, almost monastic—while its companion, bulbous and contoured, evokes the vernacular of Indian kitchenware, perhaps a lotta or kalash, bridging global branding with domestic ritual. Their mirrored surfaces do not merely reflect the world—they absorb it, refract it, and return it transformed: sky, foliage, and shadow become part of the sculpture’s living skin. Against the void of black, these steel bodies stand like sentinels of consumption and contemplation, inviting us to see not just what they contain, but what they reflect.