To Dye For - TextielMuseum - Tilburg / by Antonio Jose Guzman

textielLab

9 April 2022 till 2 October 2022 - The - Artist Antonio José Guzman and textile designer Iva Jankovic explore the colonial history of indigo in a monumental installation of indigo canvases commissioned by the TextielMuseum.

The fabrics were embroidered in the TextielLab with symbols from traditional African texts and alphabets, giving new visibility to the African culture that was suppressed by European colonists.