anging across the entrance to Sawangwongse Yawnghwe’s solo show at Jane Lombard Gallery on a clothesline were patterned antique silks redolent of long skirts called longyis, which are commonly worn in Myanmar. In Burmese lore, walking under longyis that belong to women is said to supernaturally sap men of their strength and bestow bad luck. As a result, they have been employed as a form of nonviolent defense
