01 May 2003

Sari to Sarong 500 years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange, Jul 2003
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "Sari to Sarong 500 years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange, International conference 11 - 12 July 2003, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
An international conference on historical Indian and Indonesian textile intersections and exchanges will be held in conjunction with the opening of a major exhibition Sari to Sarong: 500 years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra from 11 - 12 July 2003. Australian and international speakers will address a broad range of topics related to the historical trade in Indian textiles to Indonesia, their role in Indonesian cultures and the creative responses of Indonesian textile makers to Indian art, religion, statecraft and philosophy. [...] Conference papers will explore [...] cross-cultural exchanges in the field of art history, history, anthropology, textile techniques, conservation studies and applied science. A broad program of activities will provide many opportunities - structured, informal and social - - to discuss the latest research and textile discoveries. Keynote speakers include - Dr Ruth Barnes (Islamic Department, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Ms Jasleen Dhamija (Independent scholar and curator, New Delhi) Mr John Guy (Deputy Keeper, Indian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London) Prof. Shinobu Yoshimoto (Research Department, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) The exhibition Sari to Sarong: 500 years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange will explore similar themes through the display of over 250 textiles drawn from the National Gallery's renowned Asian textile collection."
URL http://www.nga.gov.au/SariToSarong/confer.cfm
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