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The Fibre Fables exhibition, which is running at the The Stainless gallery, in New Delhi, India,  is a collaborative effort between contemporary artists/film makers/ photographers/sculptors ​/ installation artists and weavers in Raj Group's factory at Panipat ​, India.​ The eleven participating artists are: Abeer Gupta, Brahm Maira, Dhvani Behl, Durga Kainthola, Nidhi Khurana, Nikheel Apahle, Puneet Kaushik, Sahaya Sharma, Sandeep Biswas, Shivani Aggarwal, Vibhu Galhotra. This looks to be a fascinating collaborative effort between so many unique and individual artists, that it would be well worth visiting the gallery if you are in the New Delhi area throughout December 2015. The curator of the exhibition is Shailin Smith, and it seems only right that, after so much effort put into the exhibition, they explain the reasoning behind Fibre Fables. ​The Raj Group was established in 1939, a midst a growing industry of carpet weaving. They gradually evolved to establish high pr...

Illustration: Dex Fernandez. Good Morning HOBOS , detail, 2015. Acrylic, ink, embroidery, on a digital photograph Dex Fernandez is an artist that comes from the graffiti/street art tradition. His work is a creative collision of styles, colors, shapes, lines. He often uses his own digital photographs as a background to a whole panoply of information that is built up in layers onto the base photograph. These layers can and do consist of abstract pattern, religious symbols, body parts, cartoons, tattoos, to name just a few. Dex plays with these references as he also plays with larger ideas, such as the connection and disparity between high and low art, between history and biology, between beauty and crudeness, and between innocence and sexuality. Illustration: Dex Fernandez. All of a Sudden I miss Everyone , 2015. Acrylic, ink, embroidery, on a digital photograph Illustration: Dex Fernandez. ATM , 2015. Acrylic, ink, embroidery, on a digital photograph These are important combinations and...