What Have We Here by Hew Locke

Name: What Have We Here by Hew Locke
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Hew Locke is interested in dissecting the messy and complex ways in which museums are implicated in histories of empire.

‘A remarkable book… a precious album or scrapbook of ideas, insights and specially chosen images of objects that have a multitude of stories to tell.’ – Art Africa

What Have We Here? presents us with the overlooked and excluded segments of British legacy, utilising the power of art to question what we already know, and what there is yet to learn. – Palatinate Together with his own artworks, contemporary artist Hew Locke uses the British Museum’s collection as a springboard to explore themes of colonialism and cultural interactions.

The British Museum’s history and collections are closely linked to those of the British Empire, which this book addresses alongside a consideration of today’s often contentious and deeply felt debates around cultural heritage.

What Have We Here by Hew Locke