Mudslide is an artist’s book made of silk in which Baljinder Bhopal, Bristol based artist and writer, explores Punjabi culture and tradition including woman’s folk song and dance that lead to the formation of bhangra. Using text, imagery and embroidery, Baljinder looks at the concept of culture, displacement by migration and the struggle to hold families together.

She also examines the paradox of how things constantly change and new cultural forms develop to make things look the same. The work pays homage to the generations of women who have struggled and surrendered in equal measure to the forces of the last century.

Baljinder Bhopal has performed with Asian women’s writing group Vivida, Black Woman’s Writers group and Poeticize. She has one collection of poems published Transitions, has supported Linton Kwesi Johnson and held exhibitions at Folk House and Phoenix Arts.

This exhibition is for The Bhangra Project, www.bhangraproject.co.uk

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