Giclee print 'Zoroastrian Symbol' by Chila Kumari Burman, 2017, with hand embellishments showing a Zoroastrian symbol over repeated images of orchids. The frame embellished with mirror pieces.

Made of giclee print, somerset velvet paper, glitter, swarovski crystals, rhinestones, plastic badge.

One of 29 works produced by Burman as a commission to accompany the Science Museum’s ‘Illuminating India’ season in 2017-18. The display featured representations of all religions indigenous to India. The orchids are taken from photographs of orchids at Kew gardens.

The works respond to objects and narratives in the history of science in India particularly to the exhibition ‘5000 Years of Science and Innovation’, as well as to the wider religious and cultural history of the sub-continent. This was Burman's first significant engagement with the history of science and medicine, with the works ranging across print, collage, photography and mixed-media, including experiments with iPad technology.