Published On Oct 8, 2020
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Dolly Sen discusses her works in the Being Human gallery. The labelling of the ‘Dignity’ pill packet draws attention to what the artist feels is missing in the way mental difference is treated: “dignity”, which “cannot be taken four times a day”.
Originally used in a performance, the ‘Help the Normals’ mock collecting tin challenges preconceptions about mental difference. Here, it is “the normals” who are in need of help – and pity.
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