Teresa Cole

Hoop Skirt Press

Exhibitions

Learning to Speak

October 30, 2008 - January 30, 2009
Tchoupitoulas Studios as an official satellite site for Prospect 1
New Orleans, LA
Installations

Inspired by a sari drying over the side of a building in West Bengal, India.

The work addresses pattern as language and language as pattern. This piece was installed at Tchoupitoulas Studios as an official satellite site for Prospect 1, New Orleans, LA, 2008

Learning to Speak, hand tie-dyed cotton with embroidery, 18’ tall x 36” wide each panel, ten panels doubled
Learning to Speak, detail of embroidery
Learning to Speak, detail of embroidery
Learning to Speak, looking up at rafters
Learning to Speak, backlit by the windows in the site
Learning to Speak, detail of embroidery
Learning to Speak, detail of embroidery
The Inspiration, A sari hanging to dry over the side of a building in the Bankura district of West Bengal

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