Fracture: Indian Textiles, New Conversations (2015)

Story of the Making

A lot of work happening at Devi Art Foundation stems from our personal passions, Fracture is an example of one such show. Drawing from India’s rich handloom and textile tradition, Fracture aims to explore Textile as Art. Presenting specially commissioned works of a variety of designers, visual artists and a filmmaker (chosen after an initial call for proposals), the exhibition showcases more than 30 works created in collaboration with master craftspersons and artisans. Contemporary idioms are created using traditional techniques and rendered in the exhibition, showcasing the process of creation of a unique language of approaching and presenting textiles. Fracture is a collaboration, with textile historian Rahul Jain, critic Mayank Mansingh Kaul, and designer Sanjay Garg, exploring together India’s most prolific craft and starting a new conversation.

Highlights

– FRACTURE was a three-year dialogue between a diverse group of creative professionals from within and outside the textile field, culminating in Fracture: Indian Textiles, New Conversations. The projects and explorations presented here were conceived by practitioners working largely in urban contexts and formats.

Participating Artists and Collaborators:

Akhila Krishnan – Neha Puri Dhir (for Mool) & Govind Bhai, Aneeth Arora, Astha Butail – Raw Mango & Mohammad Yasin, Ashdeen Z. Lilaowala – Islam Jaherul, Berenice Ellena – Sri Niranjan & Institute Francais, Chandrashekar Bheda – Mahender Singh, Charu Wadhwa, Ishan Khosla – Vinay Singh & Sandip Kumar, Manish Arora – Hashim Mohammad, Meera Narula – Asif Shakh, Parasmita Singh – Kocha Rabha Weavers, Bhikari Moharana, Rimzim Dadu, Sandeep Dua – Mukesh P Prajapati, Sachin George Sebastian, Shaikh Mohammad Hussain, and Swati Kalsi