Exhibition

Ghosts of Empires II

15 Sep 2022 – 22 Oct 2022

Regular hours

Thursday
11:00 – 18:00
Friday
11:00 – 18:00
Monday
11:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
11:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
11:00 – 18:00

Free admission

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Ben Brown Fine Arts

London, United Kingdom

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  • Green Park / Piccadilly Circus
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The exhibition seeks to explore the intersections, overlaps, and dissonance between the Black Atlantic and Asia Imperialist Trade routes and brings together an extraordinary group of contemporary artists hailing from African and Asian diasporas.

About

This seminal exhibition features the work of Hurvin Anderson, Adam de Boer, Delphine Desane, Theaster Gates, Jeanne F. Jalandoni, Tidawhitney Lek, Chris Ofili, Fadekemi Ogunsanya, Maia Cruz Palileo, Miguel Angel Payano Jr., Paul Anthony Smith, Zao Wou-Ki and Livien Yin and forms the London leg of an exhibition started in Hong Kong.

Inspired by the formative text by British-Ghanaian author and MP Kwasi Kwarteng, Ghosts of Empire: Britain's Legacies in the Modern World, the exhibition at its crux is an examination of how artists from African and Asian diasporas are using their artistic practices as a platform to engage with the legacies of slavery, migration, colonialism, imperialism trade, and sovereignty, in contemporary times.

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CuratorsToggle

Larry Ossei-Mensah

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Hurvin Anderson

Livien Yin

Zoo Wou-Ki

Paul Anthony Smith

Miguel Angel Payano Jr.

Maia Cruz Palileo

Fadekemi Ogunsanya

Chris Ofili

Chris Ofili

Tidawhitney Lek

jeanne f. jalandoni

Theaster Gates

Delphine Desane

Adam de Boer

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