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Suicide Sari

Ensemble
2011 (made)
Artist/Maker
Datta, Kallol (designer)
Place of origin
Kolkata (made)

Silk crepe sari with 'Suicide' print in black and white, silk vest with matching motif, cotton petticoat with 'Shoetread' design in blue.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Fashion
Object type
Ensemble
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Sari
  • Blouse
  • Petticoat
TitleSuicide Sari (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Screen-printed silk, cotton
Silk
Cotton (Textile)
Screen-Printing
Brief description
'Suicide Sari' ensemble designed by Kallol Datta 1955, Kolkata, 2011
Physical description
Silk crepe sari with 'Suicide' print in black and white, silk vest with matching motif, cotton petticoat with 'Shoetread' design in blue.
Dimensions
  • Sari length: 5560mm
  • Sari width: 1130mm
Gallery label
(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
Suicide Print Sari

Kallol Datta uses unusual, occasionally provocative, prints on his outfits. He developed the 'suicide print' for this sari with artist Indranil Ram Kamath and integrates into the pattern an image of a stick-figure hanging by the neck. Datta's shoe-tread print is on the underskirt. Worn with a loose fitting blouse, this ensemble is a daring alternative to the conventional sari.

Designed by Kallol Datta (b.1982)
Silk with silk-screen print
Kolkata, West BEngal, 2011
Purchased with the assistance of the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Mr. Perry Smith
V&A: IS. 25-2015
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Mr. Perry Smith
Bibliographic reference
Crill, Rosemary ed. The Fabric of India text by Rosemary Crill, Steven Cohen and Divia Patel. V&A Publications, London: 2016. illus. 238
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.25:1 to 3-2015

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Record createdMay 28, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1314712/suicide-sari-ensemble-datta-kallol/
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