Jinson Abraham’s ‘Kollavarsham 1202: Munnē: Ippōzh: Ini’ Maps Fabric, Memory and Marginalised Histories in Thiruvananthapuram
Artist Jinson Abraham’s exhibition, ‘Kollavarsham 1202: Munnē: Ippōzh: Ini,’ in Thiruvananthapuram uses images from his calendar project and selected portraits to examine how clothing functioned as a cultural marker across time. The show frames fashion not as ornament, but as evidence of social hierarchy, identity and the historical presence of marginalised communities. By linking fabric to memory, the exhibition attempts to reconstruct erased or overlooked histories through portraiture and visual symbolism. It positions dress as both archive and argument, asking viewers to reconsider who gets represented in cultural memory and how that representation is made visible.
