Indian artist Gupta's giant utensils take over glitzy Paris store

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The everyday objects - which reflect Gupta's upbringing in Bihar, one of India's poorest states - make a striking contrast with the ultra-expensive items around it.

Indian artist Subodh Gupta poses in front of one of his installations, a hanging hut made with cooking pots collected from markets during his exhibition entitled 'Samgan' at the department store Le Bon Marche in Paris. Photo: AFP

Among the works from Gupta, who often uses reclaimed utensils and other bits of second-hand furniture in his work, is a 12m high sculpture of a bucket pouring water into its perfume department. Le Bon Marche invites a top artist each year to exhibit in their store and take over their window displays."I like the idea that all these utensils were used by all these people, that so many people ate food prepared in them. So many people are represented here that it almost reaches into infinity," he said.

 

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