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Sari Garden
Sari Garden

© the artist. Image credit: Nick Turpin, courtesy of Sculpture in the City

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The sari is a traditional form of clothing: a single six-metre length of cloth, worn wrapped and draped around a woman's body. This diverse, multipurpose garment is integral to women's lives, connecting them to status and age. They use it to hold hot pans, to wipe their children's faces, and to clean their homes. Saris are known to catch fire, burning their wearers. Some women use their saris to hang themselves when life becomes unbearable. This work consists of sari-like lengths, sewn together, hanging from a beam stretching the length of Heneage Lane and supported by its lamp posts. Its softness echoes aspects of women's lives, of domesticity, of laundry put out to dry, and of subjugation or flirtation. From a distance, the splashes of colour give the feeling of a long narrow painting.

Sculpture in the City

London

Title

Sari Garden

Date

2018

Medium

fabric, timber & vinyl

Measurements

H 3330 x W 150 x D (?) cm

Accession number

EC3A_SITC_SARIG

Acquisition method

on loan to Sculpture in the City, 9th Edition, 2019–2020

Work type

Sculpture

Custodian

Sculpture in the City

Installation start date

2019

Installation end date

2020

Access

at all times

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London, Greater London England

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