An unique volume includes contributions by Glynn Vivian's Curator and Exhibitions Officer Karen MacKinnon and Katy Freer respectively; a substantial Curatorial Essay and Exhibition Overview by Dr Zehra Jumabhoy, Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Bristol, as well as Image-led Essays by seminal Pakistani art historian, Professor...
An unique volume includes contributions by Glynn Vivian's Curator and Exhibitions Officer Karen MacKinnon and Katy Freer respectively; a substantial Curatorial Essay and Exhibition Overview by Dr Zehra Jumabhoy, Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Bristol, as well as Image-led Essays by seminal Pakistani art historian, Professor...
An unique volume includes contributions by Glynn Vivian's Curator and Exhibitions Officer Karen MacKinnon and Katy Freer respectively; a substantial Curatorial Essay and Exhibition Overview by Dr Zehra Jumabhoy, Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Bristol, as well as Image-led Essays by seminal Pakistani art historian, Professor Salima Hashmi and pioneering Welsh artist Iwan Bala.
If India was the Jewel in the Imperial Crown, could we argue that Wales was England’s first colony? As Wales struggles for its identity within ‘British-ness’, how should it acknowledge the way it contributed to, benefited from and, even, suffered for Britain’s Imperial ambitions? What do the Indian Tiger and the Welsh Dragon share in common vis-à-vis the Lion of Britannia?A major exhibition at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea, Tigers and Dragons: India and Wales in Britain, co-curated by South Asian art historian Zehra Jumabhoy and Glynn Vivian’s Exhibitions Officer, Katy Freer, poses and answer some of these questions. This supporting publication probes the connections between the Indian subcontinent and Wales, investigating how they have imagined themselves (or been imagined) over the years. Including a wide array of historic and contemporary artworks Tigers and Dragons – the exhibition and the book – scrutinise Empire’s continuing legacy, its relevance for Welsh identity as well as for India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In the light of current ‘de-colonizing’ debates and calls for Welsh independence, what better time to re-examine the Imperial encounter and its contemporary resonances? -- Publisher: H'mm Foundation
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