The Cloth of the Mother Goddess
K, Gangadhar &. Narasaiah / K, Dakshina Murthy
Hand block-printed on textile, this limited-edition artists' book consists of a sequence of folding panels, designed to invoke pre-modern - particularly Asian - traditions of bookmaking. At the same time, the panels recall and recreate a Mata-Ni-Pachedi - the ritual 'Cloth of the Mother Goddess' - and tell the story of its origins.
The textile book is accompanied by a film on the artist and his art tradition. The tactility of the book, invokin...