Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging. These artists are based in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and England, having developed artworks around these concerns, experimenting with a range of media and such as textiles, fibres, embroidery, film, photography and performance.
The exhibition highlights the changing landscape of the subcontinent in the twenty first century, post independence and partition. Beyond Borders, artists: Raisa Kabir (England), Yasmin Nupur (Bangladesh), Risham Syed (Pakistan) and CONA (a Foundation, artist-driven, not-for-profit, based in India).
Beyond Borders is exhibited across the Whitworth's main textile gallery. Each artist’s new work is debuted alongside textiles and/or objects from the Whitworth's textile collection. Pattern books and vibrant textiles are selected to responded and resonate with themes captured in the artist’s own creation
Further Details:
Cost per person: £10.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Venue: the Whitworth Textile Gallery
Time: 2.00pm
Cost: £10 includes tea/coffee
Members only
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging. These artists are based in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and England, having developed artworks around these concerns, experimenting with a range of media and such as textiles, fibres, embroidery, film, photography and performance.
The exhibition highlights the changing landscape of the subcontinent in the twenty first century, post independence and partition. Beyond Borders, artists: Raisa Kabir (England), Yasmin Nupur (Bangladesh), Risham Syed (Pakistan) and CONA (a Foundation, artist-driven, not-for-profit, based in India).
Beyond Borders is exhibited across the Whitworth's main textile gallery. Each artist’s new work is debuted alongside textiles and/or objects from the Whitworth's textile collection. Pattern books and vibrant textiles are selected to responded and resonate with themes captured in the artist’s own creation
Further Details:
Cost per person: £10.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Venue: the Whitworth Textile Gallery
Time: 2.00pm
Cost: £10 includes tea/coffee
Members only
EVENT DATE
JULY 25, 2017
COST
£10.00 per person
POSTAL BOOKINGS
Booking Closed
NUMBER OF PLACES
Max. places: 23
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