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A Tale of Indigo
Explorations in indigo dyeing
‘Alchemy – Explorations in Indigo’ is an exhibition on view at the Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum at Ahmedabad which gives a glimpse into the boundless creativity of more than thirty artists and artisans who had experimented with the blue dye using their unique sensibilities, different substrates and new media. Conceptualized by Sanjay Lalbhai, the creative realization for the exhibition was done by Vipul Mahadevia while Anupa Mehta worked as the curatorial support for the project. The exhibition has opened a world of possibilities for working with Indigo on unexplored surfaces such as metal, stone, paper, leather, polyester fibre, glass, and wood, among others, deviating from the more familiar textile based work. The Tale of Indigo is a series of panels composed by Megha Todi for the exhibition.
About the Artist
Born in 1988, in Dibrugarh, Assam, Megha Todi has been engaged with archival research for the past 7 years. She was a part of the team that launched the Gandhi Heritage Portal, an online repository for the works of Gandhi and his associates. Along with co-editors Dr. Tridip Suhrud and Kinnari Bhatt, she has edited the first series of “Letters to Gandhi” project, the first volume having been published in 2017. When not engrossed in archival papers, she is a tea sommelier and spends her time tasting and blending tea.
About the Museums
Set amongst tall trees and lush gardens, the Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum complex consists of two buildings that have been painstakingly restored by renowned architect Rahul Mehrotra. The main building, a colonial house built in 1905, showcases over a thousand years of Indian art.
The complex also has a small amphitheater with a seating capacity of 250 that can host small performances, musical soirees, talks and discourses. Thus with different and changing events being planned through the year, we hope to create a dynamic and vibrant atmosphere to draw people for a cultural treat.
The Arvind Indigo Museum, envisioned to come up at Arvind’s India headquarters on Naroda Road, Ahmedabad, seeks to expand the vocabulary around the indigo pigment through experimentations in varied processes and concepts. The museum will probably be conceptualized within the Arvind Factory premises which had once manufactured the first ever denim in India in 1987.
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