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SACHI, Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India and Palo Alto Art Center are pleased to present
Indigo, Salt and Khadi: Textile Art as an Expression of National Identity
by Shelly Jyoti
Delhi based Artist, Designer, Poet, and Independent Curator
The Event is Free and Open to the Public. RSVP recommended, kalpana@sachi.org; Tel. 650-349-1247
Shelly Jyoti is a visual artist, fashion designer, poet and an independent curator whose work references the cultural context of modern Indian history. She trained in fashion design and clothing technology at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. She has a keen interest in India’s material and socio-political history which has inspired her textile work over the past few decades. Working with different mediums, her works excavate history and celebrate the subaltern. She collaborates with ninth and tenth generation Ajrakh craftsmen living in Ajrakhpur, Bhuj, Gujarat who migrated from Sindh and Baluchistan in 1600 CE. Her recent exhibitions include The Khadi March: Just Five Meters (2016-17); Salt: The Great March (2013-15); Indigo: New works by Shelly Jyoti & Laura Kina (2008- 2014); Beyond Mithila: Exploring the Decorative (2008); Lyrical Abstraction: A Room of/for Muses (2007).
Ajrakh is a unique process of block printing found in India’s earliest settlements. It is still practiced in northwest India and Pakistan, particularly in the city of Bhuj, where Jyoti travels to create her work. One of the key dyes used in this technique, indigo, led to an extended series of work exploring the indigo trade. Using traditional natural pigment dyes and printing blocks of both ornate and minimal geometric shapes and patterns, she skillfully combines individual components into a complex whole. Her deceptively simple designs provide a generous space for the luxuriously printed patterns to be fully appreciated. Jyoti will discuss select works from her 100 pieces of textile artworks grouped as ‘Assemblages’ from three bodies of works: Indigo Narratives (2009-17); Salt: The Great March (2013-15); and The Khadi March (2016-17).
Image Credit : Timeless Silhouettes: Angrakha 1, 33 x 50 Inches Ajrakh printing/dyeing/needle work on khadi fabric, 2014. Courtesy Shelly Jyoti
SACHI, Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India and Berkeley Art Museum invite you to Join a Guided Tour of the Special Exhibition on display
Divine Visions, Earthly Pleasures: Five Hundred Years of Indian Painting
(June 22 – September 10, 2017)
Led by Guest Curator and Noted Scholar of Indian Painting
Robert Del Bonta
A discounted admission fee of $7.00 per person will apply for the SACHI group payable at the Museum admission desk on the day of tour.
Please plan to arrive on time, as the tour will begin promptly as soon as the admission tickets are distributed. A no-host lunch with the Curator in walking vicinity of the Berkeley Art Museum will follow the tour.
To make your reservation, please email kalpana@sachi.org; Tel. 650-349-1247
Limited space, first come, first served.
The Museum is located minutes from the Berkeley Bart station.
We look forward to having you!
Image Credit:
Surajamala-ji, Son of Rao Nirandasa; India, Rajasthan, Kotah, c. 1820
Ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall 1999.15.11.1
