WHEN:
January 19, 2024 – April 27, 2024
WHERE:
South Asia Institute
1925 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
TICKETS:
For tickets, visit the South Asia Institute page on Eventbrite.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“…The Paglees is a feminist collective of artists of South Asian origin living across the United States. Paglee or pagli means crazy woman in a number of South Asian languages. In their debut exhibition, The Paglees investigate – with fierceness, beauty, and wit – the impact on women of generations of patriarchy, religion, white supremacy, colonialism, violence, capitalism, and environmental plunder. The title of the exhibition derives from Rosa Parks’ words: ‘There is just so much hurt, disappointment and oppression one can take. The bubble of life grows larger. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.’ Featuring mixed-media works on paper, fabric, and canvas, sculpture, performance, photography, installation, and moving image, The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness, questions and reframes the labeling of non-conforming women as crazy and the marginalization of immigrant women of color…”
- Fawzia Khan
- Indrani Nayar-Gall
- Monica Jahan Bose
- Nirmal Raja
- Pallavi Sharma
- Renluka Maharaj
- Shelly Bahl
Photo: Courtesy of South Asia Institute.
