EXHIBITION : Raj Group presents "Fibre Fables" An exhibition in collaboration with artists and weavers - including installations, photographs, video and sound art at Stainless Art Gallery, 1-2, Mira Corporate Suits, Mathura Road, Ishwar Nagar > 11am-7pm on 21st November to 31st December 2015

Time : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 21/11/2015 11:00 31/12/2015 19:00 Asia/Kolkata Raj Group presents "Fibre Fables" An exhibition in collaboration with artists and weavers - including installations, photographs, video and sound art Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/11/raj-group-presents-fibre-fables.html Stainless Art Gallery, 1-2, Mira Corporate Suits, Mathura Road, Ishwar Nagar, Delhi - 110065 DD/MM/YYYY  - Exhibition on View

Entry : Free

Venue : Stainless Art Gallery, 1-2, Mira Corporate Suits, Mathura Road, Ishwar Nagar, Delhi - 110065 

Landmark : Okhla Crossing, Near Tata Telecom and Godrej

Venue Info : thestainless.co.in | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Kalkaji Mandir(Violet Line)'
Area : Okhla

Event Description : Raj Group presents "Fibre Fables" An exhibition in collaboration with artists and weavers - including installations, photographs, video and sound art
                                               
Panipat-based Raj Group, one of the oldest home furnishing exporters from the area, is presenting in Delhi in November an exhibition of artworks that has emerged from a year-long interaction between eleven Delhi-based artists and factory weavers. The idea is to put the spotlight back on our weaving traditions that are slowly facing extinction in the face of competition from machine-made products.

Curated by Shailin Smith

The eleven participating artists are ​Abeer Gupta, Brahm Maira, Dhvani Behl, Durga Kainthola, Nidhi Khurana, Nikheel Apahle, Puneet Kaushik, ​Sahaya Sharma, Sandeep Biswas, Shivani Aggarwal and Vibhu Galhotra.


Says Smith: “All eleven artists have been traveling to Panipat and working in the factory along with weavers and master craftsmen since December last year. Each art work has been created using the techniques involved in weaving industry – tufting, braiding, kilim and pitloom weaving to name a few. At the centre of this project is the relationship that two creative individuals share, even though, they come from ​completely ​different walks of life.  ​Through this creative process, each artist has gained an insight into many new techniques that they hope to use in future as well, while the weavers have begun to look at their daily mechanical chores with a new, respectful gaze, as something that can be used to create a piece of art.”

The idea for this project germinated from an exhibition that was done in July 2014 to commemorate 75 Years of Raj Group. The works then displayed in the exhibition were fibre art pieces, designed by the team at Raj Group and created by the weavers. After the 2014 show received a positive response, Managing Partner of Raj Group Sumeet Nath decided to offer contemporary artists/photographers/designers a platform to work at the factory. 

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