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Other imaginings / [curated by Aaron Sinift with Kahkashan Khan and Jitendra Kumar, in cooperation with the Sri Gandhi Ashram and various ashrams in Uttar Pradesh, India].
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Hindi
- Subjects (All):
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
- Gandhi.
- Khadi--India--Uttar Pradesh.
- Khadi.
- Artists' books--India.
- Artists' books.
- Weaving in art.
- Textile fabrics.
- India.
- India--Uttar Pradesh.
- Genre:
- artists' books (books)
- cloth books (books)
- Specimens.
- Artists' books.
- Artists' books -- India -- 21st century
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 40 x 34 cm + booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
- Place of Publication:
- Uttar Pradesh : [5YearPlan.org], 2016.
- Language Note:
- Text in English and Hindi.
- Notes:
- A book made of hand-woven cloth with printed text and illustrations. Created during 2013-2015 to honor Mohandas Gandhi and the locally produced khadi cloth he made and wore as a symbol of Indian self-reliance and independence. Woodblock and silkscreen-printed by Sri Gandhi Ashram, Akbarpur; The Chinmoyee Kala Niketan, Varanasi; and Rudraksh in Jaipur. The cover was handwoven in Varanasi, and an artwork by Jenny Holzer was handwoven in Orissa made of organic cotton. Edition of 100.
- Featuring artwork by: Anonymous Gandhi Ashram Artists, Sumitro Basak, Lisa Beck, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Sam Gordon Jenny Holzer, Dorothy Iannone, JP Jaisawal, Pushpa Kumar, Pradyumna Kumar, Judith Linhares, Yoko Ono, Sutanu Panigrahi, David Pearce, Orijit Sen, Aaron Sinift, Tonatiuh Smith, and Phillip Taaffe.
- Accompanied by booklet: Other imaginings companion / by Aaron Sinift in collaboration with Mr. Vijay Kumar Handa, Kahkashan Khan, Jitendra Kumar, Nandita Devraj and Steven Warner. Cambridge, MA : 5YearPlan.org, November 2016.
- Originally accompanied by booklet : Hind swaraj, or Indian Home Rule / by M.K. Gandhi. Tied with cord to the cloth book and stored in sewn-in pocket. This booklet is to be replaced with "Other imaginings companion" booklet.
- "Other Imaginings is curated by Aaron Sinift with Kahkashan Khan and Jitendra Kumar, in cooperation with the Sri Gandhi Ashram and various ashrams in Uttar Pradesh, India. The book begins with artworks produced by Gandhi ashrams for a village audience, a form of Pop Art for a counter-industrial culture. The project explores universal aspects of Gandhian visual culture in discourse with contemporary international artists and new ashram artist commissions. The book itself is printed onto home-spun khadi of the type Gandhi wore, so that the means and content are united in its form. The starting point is Gandhi's vision of a pastoralist India, and the ashrams he established to provide self-sufficiency through spinning and weaving homespun cotton 'khadi' cloth. These khadi ashrams continue this tradition of service into the present, employing approximately 10 million people throughout India. These workers are primarily women who are often sole support for their families. Time is a major factor in the book, requiring more than 3 years of work to produce. Each thread is spun by hand, requiring concentration and thousands of hours of work. Color separations and silkscreen images were mostly traced by hand (not photo-transferred), all woodblocks were cut and printed by hand. There are almost no mechanical processes used to produce this book. Working with Gandhi ashrams we've created a truly contemporary swadeshi artwork."--Project website.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.
- OCLC:
- 988969170
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