Textiles as Monument

You walk through Suchitra Mattai's piece rather than past it: a passageway woven from vintage saris and found materials, made new for the Fowler. Curator Syona Puliady's argument sits in that cloth. Histories, she says, are kept not only in stone and bronze, "but also in materials touched, carried, repaired and passed between generations."

Two other artists of South Asian descent complete the show. Jagdeep Raina uses embroidery, quilting and garment-making for new works about the migrant and domestic workers behind Los Angeles's daily life, shaped by conversations with them. Swapnaa Tamhane worked with textile makers in India's Kutch region on installations modelled on homes and workplaces.

It works best if you care how things are made: every piece here is woven, stitched or quilted. Admission is free and the museum is open Wednesday to Sunday. An exhibition walk-through runs on Thursday 29 October, 1 to 2pm, and a program on South Asian art and memory follows on 21 November.