...and for those who sing their national anthem in somebody else’s mother tongue. marks Vivek Vilasini's third solo exhibition at Sakshi Gallery. Opening on April 9, the exhibition will remain on view until May 7, 2026 at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai.

The show is conceived as a series of visual essays, with each work functioning as an independent yet interconnected inquiry. Resisting an overarching theme, the artworks allow viewers to access the show through multiple entry-points.

Vilasini's practice often moves between global and local frameworks, disrupting this division by transposing uniquely local references into larger socio-political and mythical contexts. His works have consistently engaged with migration, movement, and the frictions that emerge when cultural and ideological systems collide. One of the works addresses language, examining the chasms that emerge when languages encounter one another across regions and state boundaries, often shaped by dominant political and cultural agendas.

Stemming from the artist's long-standing engagement with questions of identity, culture and social structures, the works reflect Vilasini's sharp approach to contemporary realities. Positioning himself as both observer and interlocutor, Vilasini examines tensions between belonging and exclusion, uniformity and plurality, authority and resistance.