Textile artist Lavanya Mani has caught the attention of the international art community with her exceptional body of work for a while now. Her ability to create moving expressions through her art has been a matter of great interest. Her piece, Hungry for Time, is currently on display in Vienna, and is a commentary on the imperialistic wrongdoings during the British Raj. “The piece refers to the story, The Emperor’s New Clothes, as well as the machine that had just begun selling in India at the time — the Singer sewing machine. [It’s] a commentary on how the British effectively displaced the booming textile industry of India with cheap machine-made copies,” shares Mani.

Lavanya Mani