Symbol and Narrative: Contemporary Australian Textiles

Presented for the Asialink program: Bright Sparks

Symbol and Narrative, which included the work of four textile artists commenting on the modern world from Perth and Melbourne, was a third iteration of the Bright Sparks program, and focused on the smaller centres of South Asia as well as the main cities of Bombay and New Delhi. The interest in textiles is apparent from the report of artist Pamela Gaunt in India: ‘I gave three talks in Delhi and three in Jaipur. The venues were great. The exhibition was very well received; people were very excited…. I was on radio in Delhi and TV in Jaipur and the exhibition had a lot of newspaper coverage.’

Curator:Margaret Ainscow

Artists: Moira Doropoulos, Pamela Gaunt, Holly Story, Rose Marie Szulc

Tour: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Kathmandu, New Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bombay (1995)