Sep 15 2021
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Jan 08 2022
And other monuments

And other monuments

Presented by Textile Museum of Canada at Textile Museum of Canada

And other monuments is an exhibition tracing the movement of the ‘Oriental rug’ and other orientalia in relation to colonial trade, imperial bordering, and power. The exhibition includes an interactive workbook, archival documents, Tatreez (Palestinian cross stitch) by textile artist Samar Hejazi, and an intervention of the British Museum by multidisciplinary artist Roya DelSol. Placed alongside West Asian and Middle Eastern rugs, carpet bags, and other pieces from the Textile Museum of Canada’s permanent collection, And other monuments invites a reading of textiles as maps or guides which are capable of tracing broader relationships to who moves, what moves, and how transnational, globalized mobilities of goods have always relied on ‘immobilizations’ of people.
Looking to the colonial looting of Indigenous objects-made-artifacts that now adorn the walls of museums, Ariella Aisha Azoulay suggests “It is not possible to decolonize the museum without decolonizing the world,”; connecting the object to the material conditions that determine the lives of its makers. While not all Museum collections are retrieved through plunder, the journey of a textile into a museum may tell us as much about its social history as the knotting, dyes, and patterns which characterize it. Available both in-person and online, And other monuments offers threads and links to coloniality on our walls and under our feet.

And other monuments is curated by Mitra Fakhrashrafi, an emerging curator indebted to border abolition and interested in what art can tell us of borderlands and the violent histories that underpin them.

By channeling her ancestry through the historical choreography found in craft practices, Samar Hejazi’s practice observes the complex conversations between social constructivism, ethnology and the ethos of modernity.

Samar is a visual artist of Palestinian decent raised in diverse communities in the Middle East and North America. Samar uses her art to question conceptual ideas of self identification, social construction, ethnology, and intellectual traditions. These ideas are engaged in an ongoing way through her process and development of diverse materials and forms.

Admission Info

The Textile Museum of Canada is open with FREE admission until Spring, 2022. Advanced ticket reservations are available online.

Dates & Times

2021/09/15 - 2022/01/08

Location Info

Textile Museum of Canada

55 Centre Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 2H5

Parking Info

The Museum does not have a parking lot. However, there are several commercial parking lots within walking distance:

63 Centre Avenue (Northeast corner of Dundas Street and Centre Avenue) Surface lot – Impark lot #39 | Hourly: $7.50

393 University Avenue (Entrance on Centre Avenue) Underground garage – University Centre – Impark Lot #227 | Hourly: $12.00

180 Dundas Street West (Southwest corner of Dundas Street and Centre Avenue – Additional entrance at 65 Centre Ave.) | Hourly: $9

110 Queen Street West (Nathan Phillips Square) Underground Garage – GreenP Carpark 36 | Hourly: $7

Please note: There is limited street parking available near the Museum; however there is ongoing construction taking place on Dundas Street and on Centre Avenue.