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SALT: THE GREAT MARCH II
Re-Contextualizing Ajrakh Textile Traditions on khadi in Contemporary Art and Craft
(Installations, Art works, Clothing and Spoken poetry Video art)

By Shelly Jyoti

Preview and inauguration: Wednesday 3rd September 6.30pm
Chief guest: Mrs. Tara Gandhi Bhattacharya
(Grand daughter of Mahatma Gandhi Chairperson, Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust)

Image details: Installation shot  at IGNCA  (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts )New Delhi sept 2013

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EXHIBITION SCHEDULES AND LECTURES
2014
4-15 September2014
11 am – 7 pm daily
India International Centre, The Art gallery
Kamala Devi Complex, Gate no: 1, 40 Max Muller Marg, New Delhi 110003 India
Preview: Wednesday, 3rd September, 6.30pm onwards
Gallery walk by the Artist, Curator and Poet: Saturdays, 6th, 13th September, 2014, 4.00pm

2 October –November 2, 2014
The Museum DakshinaChitra
East Coast Road, Muttukadu
Chengalpet District, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603 118 India, and P: 91.44.27472603

Lecture Presentation: Salt- A Colonial Metaphor: Relevance today by shelly jyoti
National Lalit kala Academy, Chennai, October 3, 2014, 4.00pm (In collaboration with Dakshin Chitra Museum Chennai) 

Conference papers at ATWS International conference at Chennai and Forum for Contempoaray Theory Mysore December 2013

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 19^th 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 Jyoti  B 43 Trinity Towers| DLF Phase 5| Gurgaon 122002| Haryana.

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“Salt: The Great March” - The Hindu

PRESS &REVIEWS
“Salt: The Great March” - The Hindu

 Upcoming  solo show 

SALT: THE GREAT MARCH

 Re-Contextualizing Azrakh Traditions in Contemporary Art and Craft

Recent works by Shelly Jyoti

September 28 –October 20, 2013  

Exhibition Hall, 11 Man Singh Road

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

New Delhi, India 110000

Lectures:

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

11.30—2.30pm  

Indira Gandhi National Centre of the Arts

‘Walking the Gandhi way’ by Johny ML- Curator, Critic ,Writer

‘Rebuilding: A Sense of Nationalism’ by An Artist talk by Shelly Jyoti

Inauguration by Dr Karan Singh,

Member Parliament, President Indian Council of Cultural Relations

Saturday, September 28, 2013, 5.30pm

Hosted by Indira Gandhi National Centre of the Arts, New Delhi

INDIGO OPENING RECEPTION @ CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER JANUARY 25, 2013

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Indigo: Shelly Jyoti and Laura Kina at the Chicago Cultural Center ,Curated by Greg Lunceford and Lanny Silverman ,Januray 26- April2, 2013

Indigo: Shelly Jyoti and Laura Kina at the Chicago Cultural Center

Indigo: Shelly Jyoti and Laura Kina
Curated by Greg Lunceford and Lanny Silverman
January 26 - April 2, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, January 25, 2013 5:30-7:30pm
Chicago Cultural Center
The Chicago Rooms
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60638

Artist talk with Shelly Jyoti, Laura Kina, and Pushipika Frietas, President of MarketPlace: Handwork of India
The Chicago Rooms
12:15pm Thursday, January 31, 2013

Employing fair trade artisans from women’s collectives in India and executing their works in indigo blue, Indian artist Shelly Jyoti and US artist Laura Kina’s works draw upon India’s history, narratives of immigration and transnational economic interchanges.
 
View the online exhibition catalog (you need flash for this):
http://www.laurakina.com/indigo-culturalcenter.html
Download a pdf of the brochure Indigo: Shelly Jyoti and Laura Kina Chicago Cultural Center
Watch the 2010 video on youtube Indigo: New works by Shelly Jyoti and Laura Kina