Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Shelly Jyoti Newsletter
November 16, 2013
INDIGO: WORKS BY SHELLY JYOTI & LAURA KINA
November 16 until January 2014
These exhibits will be
presented by Gandhi Memorial Centre in co-operation with Embassy of india with
support of indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR)
INDIGO
project is a two women show in
collabration chicago based artist laura kina who presents INDIGO: Deveon Avenue series.The works were
previewed in vadoadra,Gujarat (2009), exhibited in New Delhi (2010) , Mumbai (2010)and
travelled across the continent to Seattle (2011), Miami (2011), Chicago(2013)
and now re opening in Washington DC
(2013-14)
Indigo Narratives : An Ode to Neel
Darpan 2009-13
These works are inspired by the play Neel Darpan (1860)
written by Deen Bandhu Mitra on the plight of indigo farmers. The indigo revolt
1858 of Neel bidraho in Bengal was a
mass movement in the history of Bengal. The play portrayed exploitation by the
brutal planters in early 19th century. Later, in 1914, the region of
chamaparan in northern India revolted against similar conditions of indigo
cultivation. Mahatma Gandhi intervened and non-violently fought for the indigo farmers.
Inspiring action, the champaran movement became known as Gandhi’s first non-
violent movement in India’s freedom struggle in 1917-18.
The tapestry is a tribute to the indigo farmers of the
Champarn region, a site specific installation which offers 25 different
contemporary indigo prints that map the story of the tragic riots of Champaran
and reference the sorrowful tale within each circle. There are 300 discs in
this particular installation. Each one tethered and stitched in time,
suggesting the hundreds of years of subjugation.
The visual crescendo of indigo block prints using the
traditional method of resist dyeing hopes to strengthen awareness and promote
dialogue of past and present day’s plight of farmers.
Shelly
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