The history of India is explored to the richest level in the V& A's sensory seductive exhibition 'Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Courts'. As the doorman pushes the gallery's thick, golden door aside, you are welcomed into the bejwelled gallery space full of the luxurience of an Indian Kingdom. The rooms are abundent with the finest of jewels, robes, cars, paintings, photography and film all reveling in the affluence and exuberance of the Indian Royal Courts.A large model elephant, dripping with jewelled body pieces greets you in room one, and from here onwards the theatricality of the curator becomes evident- I even found myself dancing as I walked round the exhibits to the ryhtms of the Indian drum.
A highly impressive, beautifully curated exhibition. Well worth a visit.
10 October-17 January 2010. The V&A.
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