Tradition is Contemporary - Danish Textile Craft in Art and Design. 
Group exhibition at National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy. New Delhi, India 
The exhibition is supported by: Ministry of Culture Denmark and The Embassy of Denmark, New Delhi

About Malenes work:
Malene Bach works site-specifically with architectural interventions and color schemes. Through her colour work she is able to pose questions about fundamental architectural issues, such as scale, materiality, function and ornament.

Like an anthropologist she explores other cultures and traditions and creates works in a dialogue and collaborative effort with local craftspeople, artists and architects. Often these collaborations have an almost performative character, making it difficult to decipher what is the actual work and what are just the physical remains of the artistic process behind it. 

Bach has worked in India for many years and is immensely interested in local traditions and crafts. Together with some of the most widely recognized architects of India she has created site-specific works for houses and institutions.

The wooden icons on display here show how she works with colour and composition. The use of colour stems from her work with pigments and textiles, and it is through her research of Indian textiles that she learned how two differently colored threads will vibrate and create an entirely new and sometimes unexpected color when woven together. Colours are also mediated through their material and application. For this reason her textile design samples and archive of Indian pigments are accompanying the wood panel paintings. The exploration, more than the individual resulting pieces, is the work in and of itself.