Forthcoming Exhibition
Maggie Scott
Negotiations: Black in a White Majority Culture
7th April - 20th May 2012
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester
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Through her large-scale textile and installation works, Maggie seeks to open a dialogue on the subject of British identity and representation. Her textile works use felted re-interpretations of photographic images to juxtapose personal memories and historical events bringing to light hidden continuities and connections in British lives.
‘’The title Negotiations is significant. Clearly everybody, regardless of race, ethnicity, class or gender has had, at some time in their lives, to adjust, compromise and effectively become socialised into the prevailing dominant culture. However, the extent to which our group is required to negotiate, alter and transform itself is contingent on the power relationship we have been assigned within the culture.’’
‘’In the majority of the pieces for the exhibition I have identified some of the ways we have been forced or sometimes seduced into negotiating and settling for less.’’
Maggie Scott
Maggie Scott's artist statement is available for download here.
With thanks to The Voice for media support to the exhibition.
www.voice-online.co.uk
Chien-Wei Chang: Don't Look Back! I Told You So
Thank you to all who came to see Chien-Wei Chang's installation of new work at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. If you didn't get to see the exhibition, images of the installation are available to view here.
The shape of things aims to encourage a contemporary crafts professional practice, audience and market that is culturally diverse and representative. The shape of things is creating an opportunity and context for considering and debating what distinctive contribution artists make to influence or reflect national identity, to connect Britain with global cultures and to reference the intercultural nature of British society.
MaggieScottStatement.pdf