Rubin Musuem to exhibit fine embroidery from India & Pakistan
11 Nov '08
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Nomadic Embroideries: India's Tribal Textile Art, Saturday, December 13, 4 p.m. A gallery talk by Tina Skinner to mark the publication of Nomadic Embroideries: India's Tribal Textile Art (Schiffer Publishing Ltd). The book features more than 500 images exploring the free-form embroidered creations of the tribal people of India's renowned Gujarat Province.
Textiles of Bhutan: Sunday, December 14, 2 p.m. A gallery talk with Diana Myers, an international development expert and a specialist in Himalayan textiles. Followed by a silent auction sale of the weaver in-residence's kira.
About RMA:
RMA holds one of the world's most important collections of Himalayan art. Paintings, pictorial textiles, and sculpture are drawn from cultures that touch upon the arc of mountains that extends from Afghanistan in the northwest to Myanmar (Burma) in the southeast and includes Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia, and Bhutan.
The larger Himalayan cultural sphere, determined by significant cultural exchange over millennia, includes Iran, India, China, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. This rich cultural legacy, largely unfamiliar to Western viewers, offers an uncommon opportunity for visual adventure and aesthetic discovery.
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