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MERIT AWARDS
MERIT AWARDS
Merit award winner
ROHINI
AMRATLAL
DURBAN
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MERIT
MERIT
AWARDS
AWARDS
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Unveiling the Archive is a response to the
repatriation of museum art and objects to
their country of origin. The resin casting of
the Icansi (grass mat), is a representation
of a museum glass case, where objects
are normally placed. Half of the artwork is
caste in resin, with a grass mat on the loom
behind the casting as a reference to calls for
African objects currently housed in European
museums and archives to be returned back
to their rightful owners. For the artist, the
Icansi denotes comfort and is a place of
storytelling and knowledge sharing. Sadly,
these phenomelogical experiences are lost
when cultural objects such as the Icansi are
locked up inside museum glass cabinets.
Unveiling the archive
Epoxy resin, wood, ‘Icansi’ (grass mat)
180 cm x 80 cm x 3,5 cm
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