Talk
Art History Talk - Awkward Art Histories: Representation of the Other: Colonial and Post-Colonial Imagery
18 Nov 2016
Event times
7 pm - 8 pm
Cost of entry
£6.00 - £8.00
Address
- New End Square
- Hampstead
- London
- NW3 1LT
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 10 minute walk from Hampstead Underground Station
The third Awkward Art History by Art Historian Sue Ecclestone – Sue will lead us through some of the more sensitive subjects of art historical discourse not usually discussed in mainstream art historical lectures. Talk is 45 minutes with 15 minutes Q & A and glass of wine on arrival.
About
Our history provides our national and personal identity and structures our relationship with the rest of the world. How we view our modern world is undeniably influenced by that history, especially whether as a nation we were the colonised or the coloniser.
We begin this talk by looking at the way Western artists and photographers visualised the discovered continents and their peoples, how this influenced the perception of those countries involved and more often than not humiliated and stereotyped their inhabitants. We also look at the way colonialists appropriated these cultures and their people, how that was depicted at home and often critiqued by artists such as Hogarth and Turner.
We end our journey by exploring how contemporary artists like Yinka Shonibare challenge the stereotypes that are embedded in the visual images of the past.
