Library Desk at The Punjab University

Aaron Aujla’s exhibition presents a single artwork made of three elements: a MDF re-construction of the Jeanneret desk, industrially manufactured carpet swatches made in present-day India, and handmade facsimiles of the carpeting by fiber artisans from the Textile Arts Center.
Magenta Plains
Jun 15th – Jul 27th 2016
New York, 95 Orchard StreetMap & Full Hours
, 'Library Desk at The Punjab University,' 2016, Magenta Plains

Aaron Aujla

Library Desk at The Punjab University, 2016

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, 'Queenstown Amherst,' 2014, Magenta Plains

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Queenstown Amherst, 2014

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Press Release

In the 1920’s, Mahatma Gandhi initiates a home-spun textile movement teaching Indians self-reliance leading to an extrication from Britain’s imposed cloth and garment trade.

In 1947, India gains independence.

In 1951, Prime Minister Nehru assigns Le Corbusier to prepare a master plan for Chandigarh, the new capital of Punjab, as a symbol for a modern India. Included in the plan are the House of Parliament and a new state college.

In 1956, a teak desk designed by Pierre Jeanneret is placed in the middle of the Punjab University Library.

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