Ansuman Biswas - Louder Than Bombs (16 images)

"What is there left to give? What do we share now? My gift is the present." -- Ansuman Biswas

Gifts can be powerful social binders, but today aid is big business and can be a balm for post-colonial guilt and a lubricant for a post- industrial economy, where poverty and luxury have shifting definitions. Charity can be highly performative; played out in Live Aid, Red Nose Day, Children in Need, and the adoption of third-world babies by Hollywood A-listers. For his...
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"What is there left to give? What do we share now? My gift is the present." -- Ansuman Biswas

Gifts can be powerful social binders, but today aid is big business and can be a balm for post-colonial guilt and a lubricant for a post- industrial economy, where poverty and luxury have shifting definitions. Charity can be highly performative; played out in Live Aid, Red Nose Day, Children in Need, and the adoption of third-world babies by Hollywood A-listers. For his residency, Ansuman Biswas enters the gallery with nothing - no food, no water, no clothing - and remain for one week, throughout which anyone is welcome to bring to him whatever they think he might need or want. (Stanley Pickering Gallery)
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