Zwarte Piet Bath Gel

TBAFB0068

Zwarte Piet Bath Gel

Four 50ml plastic pods containing bath gel. The pod is designed to look like Zwarte Piet with characteristic red lips, gold-hooped earrings, a ruff, and a large hat. The bath gel is scented with "green apple" The back of each pod contains information about the chemical ingredients of the bath gel, alongside a barcode for the product. Above this information, there is a seal for dispensing the gel.

Jean Lasschuit

Plastic Pod

Facing Blackness is a multimedia exhibition that takes the public through the obscure history of portraying Black people from the colonial period to contemporary society. Using unique archive material and visual art, we show how anti-black racism became part of the Dutch 'cultural archive' and our everyday ideas, customs and utensils. On the other hand, the exhibition shows how there has always been 'everyday resistance' to various forms of racism and how Black people themselves have given and continue to give meaning to their culture and identity.

The Black Archives

Zwarte Piet Bath Gel

Zwarte Piet

Gold-Hooped Earrings, Hat, Ruff,

c.2010s?

6x7x2

Netherlands

Uden

Zwarte Piet, Cosmetics, Children, Sinterklaasfest

Jean Lasschuit Products B.V.

Jean Lasschuit Products B.V.

Richard Weaver