Rickshaws: Art and Industry
Special thanks to Tom Learmonth for such rare access to this exhibition
Date: 1987-8
Venue: Touring exhibition in the UK.
Presented by: Rickshaw Exhibition Committee
Design and Production: Tom Learmonth
Photography: Tom Learmonth and Shah Ahmed Sadeque (Mithu)
Text: Robert Gallagher and Dan Jones
Funding: War on Want, Christian Aid, Tollemache Trust, and Hilden Trust
Installation Shots
Tricycle for kids
© Tom Learmonth
Exhibits
Rickshaw; manufactured in Bangladesh and reassembled by cyclists in London
© Tom Learmonth
Rickshaw; manufactured in Bangladesh and reassembled by cyclists in London
© Tom Learmonth
Rickshaw; manufactured in Bangladesh and reassembled by cyclists in London
© Tom Learmonth
Gypsy Sardar (leader); Artist: Md. Gofur (probably)
© Tom Learmonth
Artist: Ahmed
© Tom Learmonth
Artist: Manik
© Tom Learmonth
Painted seat cover; Artist: Ahmed; Year of creation: 1983
© Tom Learmonth
Painted seat cover; Artist: Masud
© Tom Learmonth
Painted seat cover
© Tom Learmonth
Decorative object for rickshaw
© Tom Learmonth
Part of the rickshaw hood
© Tom Learmonth
Decorative object for rickshaw
© Tom Learmonth
Tools of rickshaw mechanics
© Tom Learmonth
Rickshaw registration plate
© Tom Learmonth
A pair of sandal worn by a unknown rickshaw puller
© Tom Learmonth
Movie poster
© Tom Learmonth
Painted kula
© Tom Learmonth
Movie poster; Artwork by Shilpi; Year: 1984
© Tom Learmonth
Exhibition Texts and Study Pack
Exhibition Plan and Proposal
Warner, Rachel, Dan Jones, Barbara Joseph, Jayne Spittle, John Wallett, Tom Learmonth, and Shah Ahmed Sadeque. Rickshaws: Art & Industry. Basement Project/Young World Books, 1989.
