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Meet artist Spandita Malik at Kemper Museum.

Artist Talk & Reception Spandita Malik: Jāḷī—Meshes of Resistance

Artist Talk | Spandita Malik

Bar Opens 5:30 p.m.  |  Artist talk 6 p.m.  | Reception 7 p.m.

Join us for an evening celebrating the new exhibition Spandita Malik: Jāḷī—Meshes of Resistance with an artist talk by international photographer and social practice artist Spandita Malik (Indian, born 1995) followed by an opening reception.

Malik collaborates with women across North Indian states to create embroidered portraits that embody and empower their subjects. For Malik’s first solo museum exhibition, the artist expands upon her photographic series Nā́rī, a project that she began as a graduate student at Parsons School of Design in 2019. For Nā́rī, she traveled to small communities in India known for their distinct embroidery styles and places where women learn handicraft to gain financial independence. Malik met with women who are part of self-help groups for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence and requested permission to document them within their homes or personal spaces. Each woman was invited to embroider her own portrait and claim agency over her portrayal. In the years following, the women connected with each other and Malik over phone calls and group chats, where they were able to deepen their relationships and form a greater support system. 