Image

1 2 / 2

Jagdeep Raina

What was left behind

Now On View

Description

Maker

Jagdeep Raina (Canadian, b. 1991), (RISD MFA 2016, Painting)

Title

What was left behind

Year

2021

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

61.6 x 45.7 cm (24 1/4 x 18 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2021.86

Type

Textiles

Exhibition History

Art and Design from 1900 to Now

Jun 04, 2022 – Sep 01, 2026

Label copy

This tapestry depicts a collaboration I worked on with Satinder Chohan, a playwright based in London, exploring the Green Revolution in Punjab. The Green Revolution-a US-sponsored agricultural program based on high-yield seed varieties, intensive irrigation, drainage, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides-has damaged the landscape in Punjab by causing declining water tables, widespread soil erosion, low forest cover, and an epidemic of farmer suicides. I drew from Satinder’s photographs to create this work. Satinder will also create a new body of writing informed by my resurrection of her photographs.

-Jagdeep Raina (RISD MFA 2016, Painting), artist and exhibition collaborator

Use & Feedback

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

This object is in copyright

Tombstone

Jagdeep Raina (Canadian, b. 1991)

What was left behind, 2021

Cotton and silk embroidery on cotton muslin; phulkari embroidered border

61.6 x 45.7 cm (24 1/4 x 18 inches)

Mary B. Jackson Fund 2021.86

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.