Chaw Ei Thein
Wanted #3, 2023
Silver beads, amethyst jade, amber, pearl, coral, Job's tear beads, silk, cotton thread, shells, wood beads, fabric, acrylic paint, Burmese camo fabric
60 x 60 in
152.4 x 152.4 cm
The exhibition’s most elaborate and hopeful work is a five-foot swath of Burmese camouflage fabric adorned with intricate embroideries that honor each of Burma’s 135 indigenous ethnic groups and unrecognized ethnic groups such as the Burmese Chinese, Panthay, Rohingya, Burmese Indians, Anglo-Burmese and Gurkha, who have suffered violence and persecution at the hands of the junta.
152.4 x 152.4 cm
The exhibition’s most elaborate and hopeful work is a five-foot swath of Burmese camouflage fabric adorned with intricate embroideries that honor each of Burma’s 135 indigenous ethnic groups and unrecognized ethnic groups such as the Burmese Chinese, Panthay, Rohingya, Burmese Indians, Anglo-Burmese and Gurkha, who have suffered violence and persecution at the hands of the junta.
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