People respond to Amrita at various levels. To those many who are indifferent to art, it is her own image which, is most memorable; to others, sensitive but uncritical, it is the images of her paintings, the melancholic faces which fill the memory. The artistically conscious and especially the contemporary artists in pursuit of their own vision, have too readily rejected hers, as sentimental or irrelevant. And the rejection has often been the more vociferous for the legend that clings to her name.

We have returned to her not as to the glorious dead, to pay homage, to reinstate or to demolish-but to discover if there is a territory between the glory and the rejection that is worth exploring for ourselves, walking in our own times. We believed there might be: that is why the project was undertaken. Hopefully, the approach followed avoids pedantry and develops insights into her work and fulfils the intention, of reflecting upon our preoccupations through the mirror of hers. Because finally it is that which is most important and determines the relevance of the artists from the past.