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OverviewThe Offbeat Sari will explore how the sari has become a site for design innovation, an expression of identity, a form of resistance, and a crafted object carrying layers of cultural meanings. In recent years, the sari has been reinvented. The urban youth who previously associated the sari with dressing up can now be found wearing saris and sneakers on their commutes to work. Designers are experimenting with hybrid forms such as sari gowns and dresses, pre-draped saris and innovative materials such as steel. Wearers are embodying the sari as a vessel for dynamism rather than pageantry. Individuals are wearing the sari as an expression of resistance to social norms and activists are embodying it as an object of protest. Today, the sari manifests as a site for design innovation, an expression of identity and a crafted object carrying layers of cultural meanings. Since the exhibition will focus on the sari in urban India, the book will follow suit in terms of this remit. It will comprise a series of commissioned essays by notable Indian writers expanding on some of the themes that are central to the definition of the sari in contemporary India and pegged to objects displayed in the exhibition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Priya KhanchandaniPublisher: Design Museum Imprint: Design Museum Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9781872005645ISBN 10: 1872005640 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 22 June 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"A garment once considered by young people to be traditional and uncomfortable has in recent years evolved into a modern expression of identity and resistance. The exhibition explores how designers and craftspeople are reshaping the ways in which the sari is understood, designed, made and worn in India today.--Nadia Khomani ""The Guardian"" Seeing the sari reclaimed to represent where India is going, as opposed to where it has been, is a powerful moment.--Billie Bhatia ""Vogue"" Shows how a wide range of diverse voices and personas have adopted the sari.--Babette Radclyffe-Thomas ""Costume Society"" Surprises abound... including a sari and baton belonging to feminist Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal and saris worn by a skateboarder, a mountain climber, and more.--Vittoria Benzine ""Artnet""" Author InformationPriya Khanchandani is the head of curatorial and interpretation at the Design Museum, London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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