The Accused: Confronting Colonial Histories Through Art
Sat 07 Sept
|Library of Birmingham, 4th Floor
A Conversation with Vanley Burke on Birmingham’s Colonial Legacy, delivered as part of the exhibition Intended for Jamaica by Tracey Thorne — the exhibition is an artist's response to the city's Boulton and Watt history.
Time & Location
07 Sept 2024, 12:00 – 13:30
Library of Birmingham, 4th Floor , Centenary Sq, Birmingham B1 2ND, UK
About the event
The Accused: The Accused: Confronting Colonial Histories through Art
is a photographic image created by the acclaimed British/Jamaican artist Vanley Burke in response to the memorialisation of the industrial hero James Watt. This work is currently on display in the exhibition 'Intended for Jamaica' at the Library of Birmingham. It provides a powerful opening image to the exhibition, which seeks to recover the history of enslavement and imperialism found in the Boulton & Watt Collection archives.The Accused: Carey’s Finger
The talk will take place in the Heritage Learning Room, on the 4th Floor in the Library of Birmingham between 12.00 - 1.30 pm booking required.
The talk will begin by focusing on how both artists have used art to recover these histories and how their separate journeys are interconnected through Birmingham, Jamaica, and the Boulton and Watt history. Tracey Thorne traced the first official sale of a Boulton & Watt…
Tickets
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