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The first work that we're encountering here in the gallery is an incredible work,

one of her most monumental hemp sculptures, what she's really become known for in the international art world.

She takes really classic themes and is able to blow up ideas, do it in a voice which is totally radical and contemporary, using materials which are off the earth.

There's a kind of mysticism. They almost look like deities or mythological creatures.

Artist and sculptor, Murnalani Mukajiaji has helped to redefine South Asian art,

combining traditional techniques with modernist ideas,

at a time when political identity was shifting in post-colonial India.

Her circle of friends, family and teachers were all exploring similar themes,

which are now featured in a major exhibition.

So, how are these works of art,

some made of natural fibres, transported across continents?

And what does this group of artists have in common?

I'm Sheetal Palmer, and you're listening to the documentary in the studio taking a deep dive into the creative process of artists.

I'm Namanahujia and I'm an art historian. I put Miralini in a very long and interesting

history of craftsmanship and high excellence in modernism.

So she forms a kind of a deep anchor for the exhibition.

And all around, these artists who were working at the same time in India,

and many of whom had been educated by her parents.

And so it's delightful to see these networks

of the art schools and family networks

and also student-teacher relationships

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