Watch | A walkthrough of Red Lilies, Water Birds
Red Lilies, Water Birds: The Saree — In Nine Stories has been put collectively by The Registry of Sarees (TRS), a Bengaluru-based analysis and examine centre that allows design, curatorial and publishing tasks within the space of handspun and handwoven textiles. “It is a narrative that is 150 years old. And Red Lilies, Water Birds feeds the curatorial path TRS has embarked upon,” stated Ahalya Mathan, founding father of TRS.
The 9 tales seek advice from the broadly categorised textiles on show — kora or unbleached supplies of their undyed type, the color purple, the ikat weave, stripes and checks, metallic brocades of Deccan and South India, metallic brocades of Deccan and Gujarat, traditions of Varanasi handlooms (in two components), and world influences. “It took Ally [Ahalya] and me three years of travel across the country to acquire over 500 saris. We have brought 108 of those to Anegundi,” says Mayank Mansingh Kaul, the curator.
It was a deliberate resolution to take the handloom narrative out of museums into extra interactive areas. The saris are displayed in 4 heritage properties with lime-plastered partitions which were transformed into galleries, and as we go to each, the tales concerning the draped clothes from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century unfold.
Read the complete story right here: Red Lilies, Water Birds: an exhibition in Hampi showcases the sari in 9 tales
Production: Surya Praphulla Kumar
Source: www.thehindu.com