Weaving memory and labour into form
Summary
Tānā Bānā, Tashi Lama's debut solo exhibition at Siddhartha Art Gallery, showcases a thoughtful meditation on labour, memory, and material culture through textiles and paintings rooted in Nepalese weaving traditions.
Key Points
- Tānā Bānā is a solo exhibition by Tashi Lama exploring labour, memory, and material culture through textile art.
- The exhibition features a titular carpet woven by Lama's parents, symbolizing intergenerational skill and remembrance.
- Lama's work combines Thangka painting techniques with weaving to document handcrafted production processes and working-class narratives.
- The exhibition highlights ecological interdependence through plant series paintings of traditional fibres like allo and cotton, important to Nepal's textile history.
