For a brief period in the 1970s, Gwalior artist Vijay Mohite exhibited a striking body of abstract paintings whose bold colours and kinetic lines seemed to make the surface resonate. Beholding them in 1972, artist J. Swaminathan’s described the effect as an “inexorable pulsation”. Part of a vibrant moment for Indian abstraction, his work stood out for its spontaneous lyricism and spatial rhythm, before he withdrew it from public view. Born into Gwalior aristocracy in 1940, Mohite began painting at seven and moved fluidly between mediums, favouring acrylic for its immediacy. He infused his paintings with a musical sensibility nurtured in a hometown famed for its classical tradition, and a palette drawn from the surrounding natural environment. Working in his ancestral haveli, Mohite distilled landscape, light, and sound into a vivid, musical pulsation. Gallery Prologue presents paintings, works on board and paper, and photographs that revisit this enigmatic figure.