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FEBRUARY 2014

Cover: World Records for Indian Artists in Mumbai Auction

Profile: The Chinese artist Xie Lei. Thai textile artist Jakkai Siributr. Ikats from Margilan, Ferghana Valley in Eastern Uzbekistan. Our annual guide to museums and exhibitions on the West Coast of America in 2014. Lee Bul’s retrospective at Mudam in Luxembourg. Iranian contemporary art after the revolution in London. Canopies for the Goddess, Gujarati sacred textiles on show in Zurich. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary

Gujarat Textiles: Canopies for the Goddess

February 6, 2014Heather
Canopy, matani chandarvo, for goddesses
Unknown workshop in Jambusar (India), early 20th century
Cotton fabric, painted and printed, mordant dyed red and black, additionally painted yellow, orange and pink, 210 x 232 cm. Museum Rietberg Zurich.
Gift of Eberhard and Barbara Fischer

Canopies for the Goddess, mata no chandarvo, is the name created for this large-scale exhibition of illustrated Gujarat textiles from, India. These large-format textiles mark sacred places used specifically for the veneration of goddesses. These printed or painted cloths tell the… Continue reading →

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Central Asian Ikats: Textiles from the Islamic World

February 6, 2014Heather
Boiling the cocoons to unwind the silk thread. All photos Sarah Callaghan

Ikat is a style of weaving that uses a resist dyeing process similar to tie-dye on either the warp or weft before the threads are woven to create a pattern or design. The Malay-Indonesian term ikat, used in the West to describe… Continue reading →

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Lee Bul: A Retrospective in Luxembourg

February 6, 2014Heather
View of the Grand Hall, Mudam, Luxembourg featuring Lee Bul’s Cyborg series. Photo: Eric Chenal

AS ONE OF the first Korean artists to gain exposure abroad following the fall of the country’s military dictatorship, Lee Bul (b. 1964 in Seoul) has been a seminal figure not only in her native Korea, but also in the… Continue reading →

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Jakkai Siributr: Thai Contemporary Artist

February 6, 2014Heather
Jakkai Siributr in his study

JAKKAI SIRIBUTR (b 1969, Bangkok) is an unconventional, contemporary Thai textile artist, who left Thailand to study in the US when he was fifteen. After graduating in 1992, with a Textile/Fine Arts degree at Indiana University, Bloomington, he continued his… Continue reading →

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