2.0-//74.208.236.71//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9//GREGORIANPUBLISHStorytelling With Sarishttps://storytellingwithsaris.comAmerica/New_YorkAmerica/New_YorkAmerica/New_York2026-11-01T02:00:002027-11-07T02:00:00EST-04:00-05:002026-03-08T02:00:002027-03-14T02:00:00EDT-05:00-04:00ai1ec-4405@storytellingwithsaris.com2026-08-15T06:35:37Z

Paglees show in Charlotte!

<div class="ai1ec-event-avatar alignleft timely"><img src="https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSC01106-200x300.jpg" width="200" height="300" /></div><p>The Paglees are coming to North Carolina!  <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"> Link to </span></strong><a href="https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/reimagining-south-asian-womanhood-a-review-of-the-paglees-between-reason-and-madness/"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">R</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">eview of debut show in Chicago.</span></strong></a></p> <p>Location:  McColl Center, 721 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202</p> <p>Opening Reception:  May 22, 2025 with activations by Shelly Bahl and Monica Jahan Bose.</p> <p>Public lecture by Prof. Melia Belli-Bose:  June 12, 2025. + performance by Monica Jahan Bose</p> <p class="p1"><b>The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness</b></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Paglees</span> is a feminist collective of artists of South Asian origin living across the United States. <i>Paglee</i> or <i>pagli</i> means crazy woman in a number of South Asian languages.</p> <p class="p1">In their exhibition, The Paglees investigate – with fierceness, beauty, and wit – the impact on women of generations of patriarchy, religion, white supremacy, colonialism, violence, capitalism, and environmental plunder.</p> <p class="p1">The title of the exhibition derives from Rosa Parks’ words: “There is just so much hurt, disappointment and oppression one can take. The bubble of life grows larger. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.” (Rosa Parks: Writings, Notes and Statements,1956-58).</p> <p class="p1">Featuring mixed-media works on paper, fabric, and canvas, sculpture, performance, photography, installation, and moving image, <i>The Paglees: Between Reason and Madness</i>, questions and reframes the labeling of non-conforming women as crazy and the marginalization of immigrant women of color. This collective exhibition presents new decolonial narratives that center the reason and wisdom of brown women of the Global South and diaspora, and provide pathways to a creative feminist future. The Paglees believe in working in collaboration with other marginalized communities to build bridges and demand social, environmental, and legal justice for all.</p> <p>The seven Paglees are South Asian American artists living and working across North America:<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Shelly Bahl (New York City), Monica Jahan Bose (Washington, DC), Fawzia Khan (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Indrani Nayar-Gall (Charlotte, North Carolina), Renluka Maharaj (Boulder, Colorado), Nirmal Raja (Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Boston, Massachusetts), and Pallavi Sharma (San Ramos, California).<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>We are diasporic South Asians with roots in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Trinidad & Tobago.</p>America/New_York2025-05-22T18:00:00America/New_York2025-06-29T19:00:00en-USMcColl Center @ 721 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 282020https://storytellingwithsaris.com/event/paglees-show-in-charlotte/freethumbnail;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSC01106-150x150.jpg;150;150;1,medium;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSC01106-200x300.jpg;200;300;1,large;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSC01106-683x1024.jpg;683;1024;1,full;https://storytellingwithsaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSC01106-scaled.jpg;1707;2560;