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Rasad

Rasad

The influence of western visual culture extends to rural Bangladesh. There, advertisements promote western products, crowding out local organic food – undesirable imperialism, according to Bengali artist collective Britto Arts Trust. Rasad is their expression of resistance to globalisation, which comes with chemical pesticides, fertilisers and manipulated seeds. The collective ordered the products from their ‘shop set-up’ from dozens of local producers. The installation showed at Documenta 15 in Kassel in 2022 and has been partially rebuilt here. [text 2024]
Title
Rasad
Dating
2022
Object type
installatie
Object number
36035

Britto Arts Trust

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Technique
mixed media
Dimensions
  • lengte 339 cm
  • breedte 158 cm
  • hoogte 238 cm
Acquisition
aankoop met steun van het Mondriaan Fonds (2024)
Associated subjects
Inscriptions and marks
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Rights
Centraal Museum Utrecht / foto Gert Jan van Rooij
Documentation
Hoe tegenstellingen tot nieuwe kennis en inzichten kunnen leiden, Japke van Uffelen, (Kunstzone, Aflevering: 4, november 2025), p. 36-39