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Detail of ‘Indigo: The Colour of India' ('Slaves of Fashion' series), 2017. Copyright The artists: www.singhtwins.co.uk
Exhibition
The Singh Twins: Slaves of Fashion
7 May 2022 – 11 Sep 2022
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Free admission
Address
- Lewis Gardens
- High Street
- Colchester
- CO1 1JH
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Colchester North Station, direct from London Liverpool Street
Explore narratives around Empire, enslavement and luxury consumerism and their connection to India’s historical textile trade and our world today, in this exhibition from The Singh Twins.
Presented at Firstsite, Museum of the Year 2021. Curated in partnership with Essex Cultural Diversity Project
About
Slaves of Fashion, The Singh Twin’s most recent body of work, includes life-size symbolic portraits of historical figures which are presented as vast digital fabric light box artworks to reveal the full intricacy of their design and the eclectic, detailed, symbolic and narrative style for which The Singh Twins are renowned.
Collectively these demonstrate not only the beauty, and craftsmanship of Indian fabrics as a highly desirable commodity in an age of expanding western exploitation colonialism but also invite us to consider the human and environmental cost of luxury goods.
