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ART AND CULTURE - May 2020

May 2020

Nov 13, 2020

Australian Indigenous Art that Questions Colonial History

Australian indigenous art that responds to climate change and questions the imbalance between written colonial and oral aboriginal history reaches India through an online exhibition.
It was from Grandma Wilma that Australian indigenous artist Rhonda Brim learned how to weave a dilly bag.
A cultural marker of the stolen history of the aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, the dilly bag made with twisted bark fibres was used as a food strainer and preparation basket. The craft waned during days of the Mona Mona Mission — around 1913 when large numbers of Djabugay people were forcibly taken to a religious congregation in Queensland and in effect robbed of their traditional arts and language.

Nov 10, 2020

Stolen Items to be returned to UK from US after Decades

Items belonging to World War Two Bletchley Park code-breaker Alan Turing that were stolen from the UK decades ago are to be returned from the US.
The mathematician's miniature OBE medal is among 17 items that were taken from Dorset's Sherborne School by Julia Turing, who is no relation, in 1984.
They were found at her home in Colorado in the US in 2018.
A US civil court case launched against her has been settled out of court and the items are due to be returned.
According to US court papers and Sherborne School, Ms. Turing, who legally changed her name from Julie Schwinghamer in 1988, removed the items without permission from archives given to the school in 1965 by the Turing family, in memory of the time he spent there as a pupil.

Nov 01, 2020

Tyre Park in Kolkata Set to Turn Waste into Art

The Esplanade Bus Depot in the heart of the city usually buzzing with the noise of buses and chugging of trams is all set to have a unique art installation made of used old tyres. The West Bengal Transport Department is giving final touches to what it calls "the country's first tyre park".
The idea behind the park is that waste can be converted into art. Nothing is waste and can be art, is the message of the tyre park coming up in Kolkata.
Disposal of used and waste tyres is not only a challenge for authorities but also takes a lot of time. Usually, such tyres remain piled up at the bus depots, making them an eyesore. The employees of West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) started working on such tyres and other scrap material for weeks and have been able to convert them into an eye-pleasing and colourful amalgamation.

Oct 31, 2020

Halloween Window Art Lifts Community Spirits

A woman from County Durham has painted a mural of Halloween film characters on her window in the hope of lifting the community's spirits.
Amy Kirby, from Leadgate, Consett, spent about 60 hours over three weeks painting horror characters on her sitting room window.
The 24-year-old said Halloween was her favourite time of year, and with children unable to trick or treat due to Covid-19, she thought it was a "great idea" to give them a "good scare" by decorating her house.

Oct 29, 2020

Slave Owner Picton's Portrait to Be Re-framed

As per National Museum Wales (NMW), a portrait of Welsh slave owner Sir Thomas Picton labelling him a hero will be "re-framed" with more context given about his life.
A group is advising the museum on the future of the painting, which is in one of its galleries in Cardiff.
Picton has been celebrated as a hero who died at the Battle of Waterloo.
But as governor of Trinidad he abused the slaves he owned, and was known as a tyrant even at the time.
A statue of Picton was boxed up at Cardiff's City Hall earlier this year, while Carmarthenshire council is considering the future of Carmarthen's Picton monument.
Picton, who was born in Haverfordwest in 1758, was remembered with pride by many but his reputation as a tyrant in Trinidad was well known before his death at Waterloo.

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