MyGrain:
Saptarshi
Das
The series MyGrain
convey food security for all, with agricultural prosperity and a well mannered
distribution system in society. I tweak the traditional form of art using food
grains by encapsulating with transparent resins permanently, and shaping it
with contemporary image forms. The works in this series stand in a single word
“ MyGrain” which is a hybrid word
like hybrid crops, or seeds like Monsanto, BT Cotton, Kargeel etc.and refers as
a whole to the problems and the demands for food or grain for every individual.
I have purposely worked with poor quality images (pixilated or low resolution)
of poor citizens of the society so that in a macro level the audience can find
the proper images from a certain distance while in a micro level one can
discover the original material: food grains.
Despite
the economic performance, with over 200 million people who are food insecure,
India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world. In the
ranking of the Global Hunger Index 2008 it covers position 66 out of 88 ranked
countries and has an “alarming“ (23.7) food security situation. The major
problem in the country is the high prevalence of underweight children under
five, which is a result of low nutrition and educational status of women.
My
works dealt with the socio-economic realities of the present India where
disparities between the rich and poor are strategically submerged by the
glittering skin of globalization. On the one hand people suffer from the lack
of grains other hand minority enjoys all the luxuries and pleasures. While
people waste enormous amount of food the majority lives below poverty line.
Work title: MyGrain# 1
Medium: Various
types of food grains and pulses encapsulated in resin on plywood.
Size: 60”X48”
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 1 (Detail view -1)
Medium: Various
types of food grains and pulses encapsulated in resin on plywood.
Size: 60”X48”
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 1 (Actual size)
Medium: Various types of food grains and pulses encapsulated in resin on plywood.
Size: 60”X48”
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 2
Medium: Various
types of food grains and pulses encapsulated in resin on plywood.
Size: 60”X48”
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 2 (Detail
view/Actual size of each pixels)
Medium: Various
types of food grains and pulses encapsulated in resin on plywood.
Size: 60”X48”
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 3(4 kids)
Medium: Various
types of food grains and pulses encapsulated in resin on plywood.
Size: 24”X24”
each panel
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 3(4 kids) Close view -1
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Work title: MyGrain# 3(4 kids) Actual view
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Work title: MyGrain# 4(Roti ki kimat)
Medium: Roti
(Handmade Indian bread) encapsulated in resin on fiberglass.
Size: 48”X48”
Diameter
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 4(Detail View)
Medium: Roti (Handmade Indian bread) encapsulated in resin on fiberglass.
Size: 48”X48” Diameter
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 5(Reminder)
Medium: Rice and
black cumin encapsulated in resin on plywood.
Size: 48”X48”
Diameter
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 5(Reminder)(Detail view 1)
Medium: Rice and black cumin encapsulated in resin on plywood.
Size: 48”X48” Diameter
Year: 2012
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Work title: MyGrain# 5(Reminder)(Detail view 2)
Medium: Rice and black cumin encapsulated in resin on plywood.
Size: 48”X48” Diameter
Year: 2012
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