DEC 2, 2018 - FEB 17, 2019
Industrial Arts Gallery
| 19th Century Gallery
| Origins of Mumbai Gallery
| Kamalnayan Bajaj Gallery
| Special Projects Space
Participating Artists: Anita Dube, Anju Dodiya, Archana Hande, Desmond Lazaro, Lavanya Mani, Manish Nai, Manisha Parekh, Monali Meher, Nilima Sheikh, Paula Sengupta, Priya Ravish Mehra, Pushpamala N, Rakhi Peswani, Reena Saini Kallat, Shakuntala Kulkarni, Sharmila Samant, Shezad Dawood
The exhibition attempts to trace textile practices, traditions and histories in Contemporary Indian Art. As a medium textile, has an intrinsic meaning and context. The material’s history, its modes of production and its function as a cultural object inform its use in contemporary art practice. Textiles, both as practice and form are inextricably linked to complex histories of legitimation and hegemony, colonial trade, industry, and the freedom movement. Textiles define culture through the relationship between body, cloth, selfhood, attires, identities and fashion.
Juxtaposed with the Museum’s textile collection, the exhibition re-looks at the narratives invoked through a range of artworks. It showcases many forms of artistic practice that have approached the process of art-making by engaging ‘craft’ and ‘traditional’ practices, to address contemporary concerns.
We would like to acknowledge the support of the following galleries: Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai; Guild, Mumbai; Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai; Nature Morte, New Delhi, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Akar Prakar, Kolkata
We would like to thank the following individuals and institutions who have loaned works for the exhibition: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi; Anandi Mehra, holder of the estate of Priya Ravish Mehra; Ms. Shilpa Kalanjee.
Join us for a special, one of a kind, workshop inspired by our ongoing exhibition, 'Connecting Threads: Textiles in Contemporary Practice'.
An interactive tour of the exhibition with a member of the Museum's curatorial team will be followed by an activity in which participants create patterns and shapes using computer codes and maths. These designs will then be fed into a digital embroidery machine and embroidered.
Explore the Museum's current special exhibition, 'Connecting Threads: Textiles in Contemporary Practice' on an interpretive tour this Saturday! Respond to the artworks, materials, themes and histories you found most striking and evocative through words and images!
Join us for a free interpretive tour of the Museum's current special exhibition, 'Connecting Threads: Textiles in Contemporary Practice', followed by a hands-on craft activity in response to the works in the exhibition!
Explore the Museum's current special exhibition, 'Connecting Threads: Textiles in Contemporary Practice' on an interpretive tour! Respond to the artworks and create your own story using block-printing! Get creative with natural and found material to build your character and story board.
Join us for a curators' walkthrough of 'Connecting Threads: Textiles in Contemporary Practice.
The exhibition attempts to trace textile practices, traditions and histories in Contemporary Indian Art. As a medium textile has an intrinsic meaning and context. The material’s history, its modes of production and its function as a cultural object inform its use in contemporary art practice.
The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai City Museum seeks to serve the community as an Institution dedicated to excellence in cultural education through exhibitions and unique visual and intellectual media
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