Name/Title
Boetti by Afghan people : Peshawar, Pakistan, 1990Entry/Object ID
NK9275.6.S75Description
In 1990, American photographer Randi Malkin Steinberger traveled to Peshawar, Pakistan, with Boetti's blessing, to document how the Afghan refugee women realized the embroideries which Boetti had outlined. Steinberger, traveling with a Boetti assistant, followed ''the journey of the cloths'' into the craftswomen's workrooms as they brought color to these spectacular works. When Steinberger returned to Rome, she and Boetti worked together to choose 55 color photographs for a future book. Now, two decades after the photos were taken, they are being published for the first time in this beautiful edition. Boetti often said that he considered his art a way to communicate across the globe, and that the resulting works were owned as much by the women who realized the embroidery as by the artist himself. Now, their story is revealed, and their work can be celebrated as Boetti intended.Collection
Carol Westfall CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
clothing and dress--afghanistan, clothing and dress--pakistan, embroidery--afghanistan, embroidery--pakistan, refugees and art, textile fabrics--afghanistan, textile fabrics--pakistanBook Details
Author
Randi Malkin Steinberger, Charles GutePublisher
Ram PublicationsDate Published
2011Call No.
NK9275.6.S75ISBN
970386095, 9780970386090Notes
Length: 128