Re occidentalism.

Burman, Chila Kumari

Date:: 2014

Reference:: 3321162i

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Re occidentalism. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A collage of cut-out packaging, adverts and photographs of counterfeit medicine available in India. There is a border made of pill packets around the collage and some black cut-out lettering pasted on top.

Publication/Creation

[England], 2014.

Physical description

1 collage : pmixed media collage on corkboard ; 1580 x 1060 x 5 mm (framed)

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Lettering

re occidentalism (title, black cut-out letters, down left-hand side of collage) / VEST IS BEST '420'! (black cut-out letters, top) / numbed (black cut-out letters, centre-top) / bio engineered (black cut-out letters, centre) / dehumanised (black cut-out black letters, centre-bottom) / mennu golee deydha (gold, silver and pink cut-out letters, bottom).

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Reference

Wellcome Collection 3321162i

Language note

Text added by artist in English and Punjabi.

Exhibitions note

On public display in Wellcome Kitchen, Wellcome Collection, 2014-2021.

Notes

Commissioned by Wellcome Collection.

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

The work examines the prevalence of counterfeit medicine readily available in India and the harmful effects to those that take it as well as the undermining effect to a legitimate pharmaceutical industry.