A brochure for an exhibition of Murals and Collages by V.V. Ramani presented by Cork Industries at Sakshi Gallery from August 11 through 13, 1989
FROM A HUMBLE BEGINNING AS THE BARK OF
A TREE, CORK (Quercus Suber) IS IN ATTENDANCE TRIUMPHANTLY AT SUMMIT-MEETINGS
OF THE POWERFUL AND MIGHTY, WITH THE SAME UNOBTRUSIVENESS
AS PROTECTING A VIAL OF MEDICINE OR COOKING OIL IN A
SPARTAN HUTMENT. IT HAS ALSO REFUSED TO BUCKLE UNDER THE
PRESSURE OF MARAUDING SYNTHETICS BY ITS FORMIDABLE
QUALITIES WHICH CONJUNCTIVELY DEFY REPLACEABILITY. AT
THIS STAGE IN OUR TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IT HAS
CONVINCED ITS DETRACTORS THAT IT IS UNDER NO THREAT OF
EXTINCTION. HUMBLE CORK IS HERE TO STAY, SILENTLY. |
