mould the wing to match the photograph / Asia Art Archive / Sep 20, 2023 – Feb 29, 2024 / Humans use knots to keep records, create decor, bind one another and fasten objects. Tying knots is an inherently violent process that strains the rope, bending and crushing its fibres until one day in the future, it snaps under the tension of uneven forces. Our knotting introduces weakness to a cord, slowly draining its strength to serve our goals. The late artist Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949–2015) formed her art practice around knotted, woven hemp fibre. Her sculptures are monumental, meant to evoke “the feeling of awe when you walk into the small sanctum of a temple and look up to be held by an iconic presence”, as the artist said. To present her work in Hong Kong, Asia Art Archive’s team installed one sculpture by Mukherjee, Pari (1986), at the entrance of its library. The rest of the showcase highlighted the modernist sculptor’s career and an archive created by indexing nearly 2,400 pieces of media, including …