Vignette: Visvakarma Textiles is on at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bengaluru
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Vignette: Visvakarma Textiles is on at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

In 1982, India launched an ambitious ‘Festival of India’, which highlighted Indian textiles and crafts, at the Royal College of Art in Britain. Titled ‘Visvakarma’, after the god of craft, it included most of the 280 works originally sent to the U.K. “India had never seen anything like it,” says Chennai-based textile expert, Gita Ram. Titled ‘Vignette: Visvakarma Textiles: Art & Artistry’, the exhibit is a collaboration between the National Institute of Fashion Technology and the NGMA. ‘Vignette’ wants to highlight “the stupendous work of the centres as opposed to the personalities around ‘Visvakarma’,” says Thomas. In his essays, Coomaraswamy shared what every Indian weaver or artisan intuits: “The Indian craftsman conceives of his art, not as the accumulated skill of ages, but as originating in the divine skill of Vishwakarma and revealed by him.” This is in stark contrast to the western mind, which elevates human creators, and also in opposition to today’s celebrity culture that promotes individuals rather than their art.

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