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Hew Locke: what have we here?

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By (author): Hew Locke Indra Khanna Isabel Seligman

Together with his own artworks, contemporary artist Hew Locke uses the British Museums collection as a springboard to explore themes of colonialism and cultural interactions.

Hew Locke is interested in dissecting the messy and complex ways in which museums are implicated in histories of empire. This project has enabled me to engage with the museums collections in a much deeper way than ever before, and in a way few artists have had the privilege of doing. I have always been interested in the way objects are interpreted through display in museums. What story has been distilled and is being told or implied about the past? How does it relate to the present? How can this telling be questioned, disrupted, or complicated?

The British Museums history and collections are closely linked to those of the British Empire, which this book addresses alongside a consideration of todays often contentious and deeply felt debates around cultural heritage. Focusing on Britains historic interactions with Africa, India and the Caribbean from around 1600 onwards, all of which had an impact on Guyana (where Locke grew up), Locke creates a personal exploration of the subject, weaving in his own works such as the Souvenir series and a new commission titled The Watchers. Using interventionist techniques to reframe the collections historical objects, the artist hopes to leave readers with more questions than answers. See more
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Will deliver when available. Publication date 17 Oct 2024

Product Details
  • Weight: 700g
  • Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 17 Oct 2024
  • Publisher: British Museum Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780714123509

About Hew LockeIndra KhannaIsabel Seligman

Hew Locke OBE RA is a leading contemporary artist and sculptor. Born in Edinburgh in 1959 he grew up in Guyana returning to the UK and completing his BA in 1988 at Falmouth School of Art and an MA in sculpture in 1994 at the Royal College of Art. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 2022 and awarded an OBE for services to art in 2023. Isabel Seligman is the Monument Trust Curator of Modern and Contemporary Drawing at the British Museum and Lead Curator of the exhibition Hew Locke at the British Museum in October 2024. Indra Khanna is an artist author and Studio Curator for Hew Locke and Contributing Curator of the exhibition Hew Locke.

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