https://bhavanisrinivas.com/gaganendranth-tagore 2025-08-17T05:42:33+00:00 always 0.5 https://bhavanisrinivas.com/inanimate-scream 2025-10-23T17:24:39+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Inanimate Scream: Inanimate Nature Responding Responding to the Professor’s Musings after Gaganendranath Tagore, 2024 Glass, camphor smoke, gouache 16 x 12 in I lit camphor incense and swiveled a pane of glass above the tall flame, catching rolls of black smoke on the surface. I painted onto the soot-covered glass a study of a painting by Gaganendranath Tagore: a frog dressed in British finery atop a lotus leaf, “striking” bamboo, and “shy” mimosa trees, all look up to a floating Jagadish Chandra Bose who is enlightened with a third eye. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2505825074959747733476375548132/bist_edits-8-2.JPG Inanimate Scream: Inanimate Nature Responding Responding to the Professor’s Musings after Gaganendranath Tagore, 2024 Glass, camphor smoke, gouache 16 x 12 in I lit camphor incense and swiveled a pane of glass above the tall flame, catching rolls of black smoke on the surface. I painted onto the soot-covered glass a study of a painting by Gaganendranath Tagore: a frog dressed in British finery atop a lotus leaf, “striking” bamboo, and “shy” mimosa trees, all look up to a floating Jagadish Chandra Bose who is enlightened with a third eye. https://bhavanisrinivas.com/academic-light 2025-10-23T17:24:39+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg What do you think of this? after a botanical sketch by Gaganendranath Tagore, 2024 Glass, candle smoke, gouache, LED filament 4.5 x 4.5 in each I read about one of Bengali scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose’s many inventions, the crescograph, an instrument that records the movement of plant leaves or roots in response to stimuli on a pane of smoked glass. I wanted to adapt the scientific material of smoked glass into a surface for painting. This is a study of a sketch on a postcard by Bengali artist and contemporary to Bose, Gaganendranath Tagore. The sketch interprets Bose’s findings on the effects of artificial light on plant growth as an allegory for “academic light” that cultivates the Bengali intellectual class. On the back of the postcard, Tagore writes a short note to the recipient, asking “What do you think of this?” https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2505827668498177520744494551268/15.9-2.JPG What do you think of this? after a botanical sketch by Gaganendranath Tagore, 2024 Glass, candle smoke, gouache, LED filament 4.5 x 4.5 in each I read about one of Bengali scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose’s many inventions, the crescograph, an instrument that records the movement of plant leaves or roots in response to stimuli on a pane of smoked glass. I wanted to adapt the scientific material of smoked glass into a surface for painting. This is a study of a sketch on a postcard by Bengali artist and contemporary to Bose, Gaganendranath Tagore. The sketch interprets Bose’s findings on the effects of artificial light on plant growth as an allegory for “academic light” that cultivates the Bengali intellectual class. On the back of the postcard, Tagore writes a short note to the recipient, asking “What do you think of this?” https://bhavanisrinivas.com/kolu 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Kolu, 2024 Copper, synthetic yarn 38 x 38 x 40 in The kolu is a stepped altar, typically set up during the Hindu holiday of Navaratri. The kolu, when used for worship, is draped in cloth, with dolls and idols arranged on the steps. This structure is left bare, and the cloth is woven in a colonial American weaving pattern. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2505763253925164908813306056932/Kolu-4.JPG Kolu, 2024 Copper, synthetic yarn 38 x 38 x 40 in The kolu is a stepped altar, typically set up during the Hindu holiday of Navaratri. The kolu, when used for worship, is draped in cloth, with dolls and idols arranged on the steps. This structure is left bare, and the cloth is woven in a colonial American weaving pattern. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2505813377823990362028567187684/bist_edits-5.JPG https://bhavanisrinivas.com/the-fruit-slipped-and-fell-right-into-milk 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://bhavanisrinivas.com/fruit-slipped 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2455904890852457890056432275684/_MG_0914.png At times they can see through and Seesaw or skip over cracked concrete https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2456041711847438863771241828580/_MG_0914_.png At times they can see through and Seesaw or skip over cracked concrete https://bhavanisrinivas.com/see-through 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg At times they can see through, 2025 Cotton, silk, horse hair 41 x 10.75 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2456040645164462801516419633380/_MG_0943.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2456040800633621854740520653028/_MG_0890.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2456081765502653782278889820388/_MG_0955.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2456086843909744018592159256804/_MG_0913_.png At times they can see through, 2025 Cotton, silk, horse hair 41 x 10.75 in https://bhavanisrinivas.com/sidewalk 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Seesaw or skip over cracked concrete, 2025 Linen, silk, horse hair 24.5 x 9.75 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2456039637695535215869258125540/_MG_0835-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2456039773168423693192205193444/_MG_0853-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2456082432979641345385305493732/_MG_0831.png Seesaw or skip over cracked concrete, 2025 Linen, silk, horse hair 24.5 x 9.75 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2456086181099782706134260142308/_MG_0842_.png https://bhavanisrinivas.com/mouth 2025-08-17T05:51:16+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Fell into the mouth, 2025 Camphor smoke, watercolor, and spray paint on glass 8 x 10 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2456037005474283106032209383652/_MG_1095__.png Fell into the mouth, 2025 Camphor smoke, watercolor, and spray paint on glass 8 x 10 in https://bhavanisrinivas.com/when-each-hair-screams 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg When each hair screams I, 2025 Copper, nylon 5.75 x 5.25 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2455888594353107132458700394724/_MG_1021.png When each hair screams II, 2025 Copper, nylon 5.75 x 5.25 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2455891147880549023850801942756/_MG_1024.png When each hair screams I, 2025 Copper, nylon 5.75 x 5.25 in https://bhavanisrinivas.com/rafters 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Wide angled path along the rafters, through a loop, 2025 Cotton, linen, electrical wire 23.25 x 41 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2455903321403472098847780786404/_MG_0991-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2455903527582730610699439198436/_MG_0971-2.jpg Wide angled path along the rafters, through a loop, 2025 Cotton, linen, electrical wire 23.25 x 41 in https://bhavanisrinivas.com/chaff-light-trash-1 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://bhavanisrinivas.com/chaff 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2455904890852457890056432275684/_MG_0914.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2457072355032222686694544265444/chaff-round-one-74.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2457076629290398517787330105572/chaff-31.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2457213382143106883219055988964/Copy-of-DSC01022-copy.JPG https://bhavanisrinivas.com/imaginary 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L1842756287842360217485894242532/Imaginary-friends.mp4 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Imaginary friends, 2020 Fountain pumps, cochineal, madder, indigo, osage orange, silk, yak and wool yarns, carpet, plastic trays, copper pipe, plastic tubing 36 x 300 x 360 in Yarns hang from a continous copper structure into the fountains, sucking up the dye over time. Each dye in the work has its own qualities—they differ in smell, viscosity, transparency, the texture of its foam and residue, and the sounds it makes while circulating. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2457094010126259416179925078244/chaff-18.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2457094180592621401329891561700/chaff-20.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2457094472475452879636126781668/chaff-76.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2457094654600157119370529886436/chaff-177.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2457095138827189054246259806436/DSC00397.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2457095741795912591590373478628/chaff-12.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2457095877969777343714283507940/chaff-13.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2457096099459833436744869761252/chaff-17.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2457097259833822649370504614116/bhav_edits1-4.png Imaginary friends, 2020 Fountain pumps, cochineal, madder, indigo, osage orange, silk, yak and wool yarns, carpet, plastic trays, copper pipe, plastic tubing 36 x 300 x 360 in Yarns hang from a continous copper structure into the fountains, sucking up the dye over time. Each dye in the work has its own qualities—they differ in smell, viscosity, transparency, the texture of its foam and residue, and the sounds it makes while circulating. https://bhavanisrinivas.com/bindi 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Bindi mirror, 2020 Gesso, pokeberry, goldenrod, stick-on bindis, and transparencies on canvas 44 x 55 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2457090134096394648328939524324/chaff-26.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2457090221201920164385442255076/chaff-27-1.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2457090320906571882785568739556/chaff-round-one-22-2.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2457193911549396850566196646116/chaff-21-copy.jpg Bindi mirror, 2020 Gesso, pokeberry, goldenrod, stick-on bindis, and transparencies on canvas 44 x 55 in https://bhavanisrinivas.com/hair 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M1839420992625500331520372789476/DSC_0028-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2230229352554021862288457486564/resizedbhav_edits1.jpg Your hair is eating too!, 2020 Velvet book cloth, silk and cotton fabric, hair, foundation, methyl cellulose, hair dye, collagen paper, turmeric 72 x 144 x 4 in I dyed my hair and combined it with glue to make mixtures like paint or glitter glue. I applied this to the book cloth with makeup and turmeric dyed collagen paper. Turmeric is commonly applied to skin in South Asia to inhibit hair growth. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Your hair is eating too!, 2020 Velvet book cloth, silk and cotton fabric, hair, foundation, methyl cellulose, hair dye, collagen paper, turmeric 72 x 144 x 4 in I dyed my hair and combined it with glue to make mixtures like paint or glitter glue. I applied this to the book cloth with makeup and turmeric dyed collagen paper. Turmeric is commonly applied to skin in South Asia to inhibit hair growth. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2457085858731414172813580587236/DSC_0033.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2457085963472027023336414662884/DSC_0031.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2457086515417056452799908565220/chaff-2.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2457088110359442553875160387812/chaff-29.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2457194946577760082335428268260/DSC00781-copy.JPG https://bhavanisrinivas.com/thalippu 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1839422146653809582789921886436/DSC_0034-copy.JPG Thalippu, 2020 Hand-forged copper, karuveppilai (curry leaves), black peppercorns, ponni rice, Carolina Gold rice, wire, brick, silk cotton shibori, spray paint, steel, lamp 30 x 36 x 36 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G1839422146709149815011050541284/chaff-round-one-36-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W1839422146635362838716212334820/chaff-round-one-40-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1839422146672256326863631438052/thalippu.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T1839422146561575862421374128356/DSC_0022-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1839422146690703070937340989668/chaff-round-one-37-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Thalippu, 2020 Hand-forged copper, karuveppilai (curry leaves), black peppercorns, ponni rice, Carolina Gold rice, wire, brick, silk cotton shibori, spray paint, steel, lamp 30 x 36 x 36 in https://bhavanisrinivas.com/pindam 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1839422468715514365684983550180/DSC00181-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B1839422468733961109758693101796/DSC00962-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1839422468752407853832402653412/DSC00943-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Pindam, 2020 Three-channel video, cotton, linen, and wool yarns, moving boxes, fabric, paper, glass, seeds, and plastic 72 x 300 x 12 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2457203877882498018067905532132/DSC00673-copy.JPG Pindam, 2020 Three-channel video, cotton, linen, and wool yarns, moving boxes, fabric, paper, glass, seeds, and plastic 72 x 300 x 12 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2457204128942684861254903025892/chaff-81-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2457204340157904505229269029092/chaff-49-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2457204456095691008493800935652/chaff-9-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2457204594981227139453015052516/pindam-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2457204791014776410764420075748/DSC00898-copy.JPG https://bhavanisrinivas.com/ikat-printer 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Ikat printers, 2020 Cinderblock, brick, canvas tote bag, dyes, cardboard tube, cotton yarn 12 x 48 x 20 in each The ikat printers are machines for printing on the threads in a time frame that overlaps with hand weaving. In traditional ikat, threads are tied and dyed; with this method, threads are painted with thickened dye. I looped four cardboard tubes, with a circumference equal to the width of the final weaving, through the handles of tote bags weighed down with cinderblocks and bricks. I wound threads closely together by rotating the tubes, then applied dye to print a pattern. Then threads from the printers are woven on the loom hanging on the wall, two picks at a time to allow a continuous connection to the printer; the thread can be pulled and the pattern can be built indefinitely. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2457214907135439456787688083684/DSC00993-copy.JPG Ikat printers, 2020 Cinderblock, brick, canvas tote bag, dyes, cardboard tube, cotton yarn 12 x 48 x 20 in each The ikat printers are machines for printing on the threads in a time frame that overlaps with hand weaving. In traditional ikat, threads are tied and dyed; with this method, threads are painted with thickened dye. I looped four cardboard tubes, with a circumference equal to the width of the final weaving, through the handles of tote bags weighed down with cinderblocks and bricks. I wound threads closely together by rotating the tubes, then applied dye to print a pattern. Then threads from the printers are woven on the loom hanging on the wall, two picks at a time to allow a continuous connection to the printer; the thread can be pulled and the pattern can be built indefinitely. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2457215161128658607694504284388/DSC01008-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2457215367086556190661648077028/ikat-printer.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2457215444286180139136121589988/chaff-67-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2457215578892071644994719731940/Copy-of-DSC01031-1-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2457216252161336847245934612708/chaff-47-copy.jpg https://bhavanisrinivas.com/light-trash-1 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G1839424032630476934780769554660/chaff-90-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L1839424032648923678854479106276/Light-trash-copy.JPG Light trash, 2020 Cotton yarn, synthetic dye, lampworked glass, silk, indigo, cochineal, charcoal, foam, silicone, plaster, carpet 68 x 95 x 118 in https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1839424032667370422928188657892/DSC00797-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T1839424032685817167001898209508/DSC00816-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K1839424032575136702559640899812/DSC00759-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Light trash, 2020 Cotton yarn, synthetic dye, lampworked glass, silk, indigo, cochineal, charcoal, foam, silicone, plaster, carpet 68 x 95 x 118 in https://bhavanisrinivas.com/happy-only 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W1839424262808949486528554619108/DSC00895-copy.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1839424262772055998381135515876/chaff-42-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1839424262827396230602264170724/DSC00515-copy.JPG Happy only, 2020 Cotton yarn, engraved eversilver https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Happy only, 2020 Cotton yarn, engraved eversilver https://bhavanisrinivas.com/falling-through-the-little-edges-1 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://bhavanisrinivas.com/little-edges 2025-08-17T06:04:31+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2455904890852457890056432275684/_MG_0914.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2505663327266881581592367878372/IMG_0369.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2505663563366758981000919011556/6F7B9C53-DFC3-4DE8-B350-31A3925D9F38.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2505663855876779757813278986468/IMG_0088.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2505663911124778258573386076388/kattiuurai.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2505664071316303794667132309732/IMG_0275.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2505665757016670738393378083044/IMG_0373.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2505796376474548547988868059364/IMG_0091.JPG https://bhavanisrinivas.com/amma-map-copper 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2230231133033759856734379462884/resized-amma-map.jpg Amma map, 2021 Copper, silk organza, lentils, rices, tamarind seeds, black pepper, fenugreek, cumin, black mustard seeds, palm sugar 18 x 24 x 1 in I asked my mother, Ganga Srinivas, to write out her perspective on what defines Tamil cooking. She responded by drawing this map. Amma visualized the essential ingredients of பால் (pAl/milk), அரிசி (arici/uncooked rice), and பருப்பு (paruppu/lentils) as three spirals, with the important preparations of these ingredients listed along the curves. The spirals converge on the most fundamental meal of சாதம், பருப்பு, and நெய் (catam, puruppu, and ney/rice with lentils and clarified butter). https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2230231183670072339067098648804/resized-Amma-map-.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Amma map, 2021 Copper, silk organza, lentils, rices, tamarind seeds, black pepper, fenugreek, cumin, black mustard seeds, palm sugar 18 x 24 x 1 in I asked my mother, Ganga Srinivas, to write out her perspective on what defines Tamil cooking. She responded by drawing this map. Amma visualized the essential ingredients of பால் (pAl/milk), அரிசி (arici/uncooked rice), and பருப்பு (paruppu/lentils) as three spirals, with the important preparations of these ingredients listed along the curves. The spirals converge on the most fundamental meal of சாதம், பருப்பு, and நெய் (catam, puruppu, and ney/rice with lentils and clarified butter). https://bhavanisrinivas.com/amma-map-print 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2230231068709963271709172977892/resized-Amma-map-print.jpg Amma map, 2021 Drypoint on St. Armand Colors paper, lampworked glass on steel nails, linen thread Variable edition of 5 20 x 26 in Drypoint prints pulled from the plates of Amma map. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2455888409240030352783349928164/_MG_1024.jpg Amma map, 2021 Drypoint on St. Armand Colors paper, lampworked glass on steel nails, linen thread Variable edition of 5 20 x 26 in Drypoint prints pulled from the plates of Amma map. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2505803750099323411539387764964/bist_edits-2-1.jpg https://bhavanisrinivas.com 2025-10-23T17:27:57+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2230228265413606622289742549220/resizedKolu.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2230229352554021862288457486564/resizedbhav_edits1.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2230229877566804944136006029540/Light-trash-copy-2.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2230231133033759856734379462884/resized-amma-map.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2230231380238577188516080668900/resizedbist_edits-14-4copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2230231607816058825870818955492/Imaginary-friends.mp4 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2455888594353107132458700394724/_MG_1021.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2456082432979641345385305493732/_MG_0831.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2505763253925164908813306056932/Kolu-4.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2505831813444677395133323563236/bist_edits-8-2.JPG https://bhavanisrinivas.com/waterandpower-1 2025-08-17T05:42:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2230228265413606622289742549220/resizedKolu.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2230229809276958383263245947108/resizedbhav_edits1-4.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2230231607816058825870818955492/Imaginary-friends.mp4 Imaginary friends 2021 36 x 300 x 360” Fountain pumps, cochineal, madder, indigo, osage orange, silk, yak and wool yarns, carpet, plastic trays, copper pipe, plastic tubing A continuous copper pipe structure stretches across the width of the gallery, supporting the tubing of the fountains and suspending the yarns into the dye. The fountains are arranged along the copper spine, the carpet scattered to catch drips of the dyes. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2288097044532695539911911297252/Kolu.png <ul class="lineated"><li>Kolu</li><li>2024 </li><li>38 x 38 x 40”</li><li>Copper pipe, synthetic yarn </li></ul> The kolu is a stepped altar, typically set up during the Hindu holiday of Navaratri. The kolu, when used for worship, is draped in cloth, with dolls and idols arranged on the steps. 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Photo: Carlos Avendaño https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A1844277797411205925680934310116/FWM_Edu.jpg Printed during an apprenticeship at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R1850759203903770347890240934116/FWM_Edu.png என் கைகளால் அளந்தவை, 2021 Three-color screenprint on unbleached cotton sateen yardage Courtesy of The Fabric Workshop and Museum. 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