New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- Remembering, held at the Serpentine North, London, last year offered a comprehensive overview of Arpita Singh's unique expressive language. As part of the artist's first institutional solo outside of India, viewers could observe watercolours, large-scale oils and the smaller ink drawings spanning nearly six decades of practice from the 1960s to recent years. Of these, one of the most striking works was Tamarind Tree. Against a backdrop of rich cobalt blue, a group of black jacket-clad men could be seen seated underneath a lush tamarind tree. Its leaves, featuring scratched out surfaces, were composed entirely of words.

The layered textured imagery in Tamarind Tree was emblematic of Singh's practice, as accumulated m...