Mithu Sen's Museum of Unbelonging at Art Basel Unlimited explores personal archives and impermanence

Mithu Sen presents her MOU (Museum of Unbelonging) at Art Basel's Unlimited sector in 2016, curated by Gianni Jetzer. The work features a circular vitrine of objects with personal, physical, or sexual associations, described as a personal archive excluded from official history. Sen calls these objects her 'children,' including dolls, stones, feathers, and body parts like hair or teeth, which she collects throughout her life. She questions the politics of history-making and archives, focusing on marginalized areas and challenging museum etiquette by omitting labels to allow viewer interpretation. The installation's arrangement is never fixed, constantly edited and rearranged. Sen is also working on a site-specific project in Japan for the Kenpoku art project, curated by Fumio Nanjo, exploring virtual migration and emotional transnational spaces. The work is shown with galleries Chemould Prescott Road in Mumbai, Galerie Nathalie Obadia in Paris, and Galerie Krinzinger in Vienna.