“Hew Locke arranged thousands of cheap plastic toys and trinkets—disposable products of the new glob
“Hew Locke arranged thousands of cheap plastic toys and trinkets—disposable products of the new global economy—into a series of portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, one of which was among the most extraordinary works in the Museum’s exhibition Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art (2007). Locke, born in Scotland and raised in Guyana, created these works in response to ethnic tensions within contemporary British society, often growing out of Great Britain’s colonial history, with that history now brought home to Britain.”— #ArnoldLehman for #DiverseWorks[#HewLocke (Scottish, born 1959). Koh-i-noor, 2005. © Hew Locke] #BKMcontemporary -- source link
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