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Featuring multicolor embroidery and emblems from urban life, \u2018Ghana boy\u2019 tunics like this one currently on view at the Drawing Center<\/a> were worn by Malian workers who\u2019d migrated to Ghana\u2019s coastal cities.\u00a0 The garments might depict tools of a trade (e.g. a barber\u2019s scissors), fashionable clothing or vehicles (motorbikes to airplanes) and speak to the experience of the wearer.\u00a0 On view in the Drawing Center\u2019s wide-ranging design exhibition \u2018The Clamor of Ornament:\u00a0 Exchange, Power and Joy from the 15th<\/sup> century to the present,\u2019 this tunic demonstrates self-fashioning between cultures.\u00a0 (On view in SoHo through Sept 18th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

\u201cGhana Boy\u201d style tunic (back), unknown artist, Mali, cotton cloth with multicolor embroidery, c. 1960s-70s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cGhana Boy\u201d style tunic, unknown artist, Mali, cotton cloth with multicolor embroidery, c. 1960s-70s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Featuring multicolor embroidery and emblems from urban life, \u2018Ghana boy\u2019 tunics like this one currently on view at the Drawing Center were worn by Malian workers who\u2019d migrated to Ghana\u2019s coastal cities.\u00a0 The garments might depict tools of a trade (e.g. a barber\u2019s scissors), fashionable clothing or vehicles (motorbikes to airplanes) and speak to the … <\/p>\n

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