ReOrientalisms.

  • Burman, Chila Kumari
Date:
2004
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3321161i
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ReOrientalisms. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A collage of brightly coloured pieces of packaging and advertising from East and South Asian medical and beauty products.

Publication/Creation

[England], 2004.

Physical description

1 collage : mixed media collage on paper ; 158 x 106 x 0.5 cm

Related material

Complemented by : Burman, Chila Kumari. ReOrientalisms. [England], 2004 (b16253152)

Copyright note

Chila Kumari Burman. All rights reserved.

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Reference

Wellcome Collection 3321161i

References note

Asia : body mind spirit / by Kristina Fište. In British medical journal, vol. 329, p. 1189 (13 November 2004)

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "Asia: body, mind, spirit" at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 13 October-12 December 2004.
On public display at Wellcome Collection, 2007-2021.
Exhibition caption for Wellcome Collection: "This collage incorporates extracts from brochures, fliers, and packages advertising Chinese, Indian, Korean, Japanese and Tibetan therapies and body-care products, all of which were collected during one day on a London high street. Through this gloriously colourful melange of chakras, ginseng, Chinese herbs, tantric arts and oriental remedies the artist documents the current explosion of interest in alternative therapies, highlighting the powerful influence on Western culture of Asian concepts concerning the balance of body, mind, and spirit".

Notes

Title provided by the artist.
This work is a preliminary work of a photograph of the same title by the same artist, also held by Wellcome Collection.
Sources of collage materials: sales materials from Acumedic shop, Camden High Street, London; exhibitors at The therapy fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, 28-30 August 2004; Events at the Feel Good Again show, Business Design Centre, Islington, 28-30 August 2004; a shop in Durban; Ylang Ylang shop, Pully, Switzerland; branches of Bodyshop, London; shop in Berwick Street, London; Harmony shop in Soho, London; Mysteries shop, 9-11 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London; Fresh and Wild health food shop, Old Street, London; Indian grocer in Drummond Street, London. Magazine cuttings from Kindred spirit, UK's leading guide to mind, body & spirit, July/August 2004; Prediction, UK's original mind, body, spirit magazine; Optimum nutrition, Autumn 2004; Positive health, September 2003. Book extracts from Wee Yeow Chin et al. An illustrated dictionary of Chinese medicinal herbs, Times editions 1990; Chakras book (from Acumedic); Buddhism decoder (from Acumedic); Mendhi book. Library material from Wellcome Library.

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