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| Title: | The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea | | Date: | 9/27/2025 - 6/28/2026 | | Address: | RISD Museum, 20 N Main St, Providence, RI 02903 | | Location: | Providence, RI | | Hours: | Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 5pm, Thursday: 12pm - 8pm | | Cost/Cover: | Admission tickets at $22 for adults; $17 for senior citizens (62+); $12 for college students with valid school ID; free for members and youth (18 and under). | | Web Page: | https://risdmuseum.org/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/flower ... | | Contact Info: | 401-454-6500 |
| Details: | Through historical and contemporary textiles and images, this installation investigates the complex history of Parsi gara embroideries, which richly combine Indian, Persian, Chinese, and European influences. Worn by the Parsi community living in India, garments featuring this embroidery style were originally entangled with the wickedly orchestrated Chinese opium market. The Flower, the Labor, and the Sea features RISD’s extensive collection of Parsi garas, jhablas, and borders. These are displayed alongside a newly commissioned large-scale textile made in collaboration with contemporary gara designer Ashdeen Lilaowala, together illuminating this cultural tradition growing out of the mercantile trade between China, India, Britain, and America in the 1800s.
Guest curated by Bhasha Chakrabarti with Kate Irvin, curator of costume and textiles. |
| Audience: | 16 and Up | | Category: | Exhibit | | Submitted by: | contributed |
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