Visual artist Angel Rose turns pink rice into an archive of Indian and Surinamese identity
Visual artist Angel Rose is exhibiting a series of works at Method in Delhi that uses dyed pink rice to explore the history of Surinamese-Hindustani identity. The installation draws on archival footage and personal family history to comment on pop culture and cultural aesthetics.
Why it matters
The exhibition provides a unique intersectional perspective on the South Asian diaspora and the visual language of cultural memory.
There is something almost mischievous about Angel Rose’s pink rice creations. It sits behind perspex, dyed pink, looking at first like confectionery or confetti or the aftermath of a children’s party. Then you notice the photograph, the television image, and then the rice again. By the time you have made the circuit, the object has acquired the uncomfortable density of an archive .
This is the trick Angel-Rose Oedit Doebé likes to play: make you look at something because it is pretty, and then make you stay because it is not.
Angel Rose’s works on display at Method, Delhi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
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