Monday, November 23, 2015

Opening Preview Of Fibre Fables: A Collaboration Between Artists and Weavers



New Delhi: Sumeet Nath, Managing Partner of Raj Group, hosted the opening preview of Fibre Fables, a collaborative show between eleven artists and weavers of Panipat which was held at The Stainless Gallery in New Delhi on Saturday evening. The artworks in this exhibition have emerged from a year-long interaction between the artists and factory weavers with an idea 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, all the artworks in the exhibition have been created using the techniques involved in weaving industry – tufting, braiding, kilim and pitloom weaving to name a few. ​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.



Those who attended the opening included Sumeet Nath (industrialist) with wife Mandira, Shailin Smith (curator), Susham Bahl (curator), Alka Raghuvanshi (artist and art critic), Matisha Sahni (architect), Mona Kapoor (fashion designer), Manisha Gawade (artist), Kanchan Chander (artist), Anoop Kamath (curator and artist), Ritu Kamath (artist), Abeer Gupta (artist), Dhvani Behl (artist), Durga Kainthola (artist), Nikheel Apahle (artist), Puneet Kaushik (artist), ​Sahaya Sharma (artist), Sandeep Biswas (artist), Shivani Aggarwal (artist), Vibhu Galhotra (artist), Achal Kumar (photographer) among others. 

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Raj Group presents Fibre Fables @ The Stainless

New Delhi: 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 exhibition – titled FIBRE FABLES: An exhibition in collaboration with artists and weavers - including installations, photographs, video and sound art, will be held at The Stainless Gallery, Old Ishwar Nagar, New Delhi from November 21 till December 31, 2015, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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.