{"id":20403,"date":"2022-04-14T14:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=20403"},"modified":"2022-04-14T18:48:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T17:48:42","slug":"in-photos-the-procession-at-the-tate-britain-a-remarkable-multicoloured-reflection-on-colonialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-the-procession-at-the-tate-britain-a-remarkable-multicoloured-reflection-on-colonialism\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain &#8211; a remarkable, multicoloured reflection on colonialism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-01.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Greeting visitors to Tate Britain is this large-scale installation by British sculptor and contemporary visual artist Hew Locke entitled, <em>The Procession<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Snaking through the entire length of the main hall, it&#8217;s a breathtaking, colourful\u00a0 and thought provoking\u00a0 trawl through imperialism, colonialism and capitalism<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-02.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Brixton-based artist said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What I try to do in my work is mix ideas of attraction and ideas of discomfort \u2013 colourful and attractive, but strangely, scarily surreal at the same time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-03.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The gallery said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A procession is part and parcel of the cycle of life; people gather and move together to celebrate, worship, protest, mourn, escape or even to better themselves. This is the heart of Hew Locke\u2019s ambitious new project, The Procession.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Procession invites visitors to \u2018reflect on the cycles of history, and the ebb and flow of cultures, people and finance and power.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tate Britain\u2019s founder was art lover and sugar refining magnate Henry Tate. In the installation Locke says he \u2018makes links with the historical after-effects of the sugar business, almost drawing out of the walls of the building,\u2019 also revisiting his artistic journey so far, including for example work with statues, share certificates, cardboard, rising sea levels, Carnival and the military.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout, visitors will see figures who travel through space and time. Here, they carry historical and cultural baggage, from evidence of global financial and violent colonial control embellished on their clothes and banners, alongside powerful images of some of the disappearing colonial architecture of Locke\u2019s childhood in Guyana.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The installation takes inspiration from real events and histories but overall, the figures invite us to walk alongside them, into an enlarged vision of an imagined future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-04.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-05.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-06.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-07.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-08.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-09.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-10.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-11.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-12.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-13.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-14.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-15.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-16.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-17.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-18.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-19.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-20.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-21.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-22.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-23.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-24.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-25.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-26.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-27.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-28.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-29.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-30.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-31.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-32.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-33.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-34.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-35.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-36.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-37.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-38.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-39.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-40.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/the-procession-tate-britain-41.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: The Procession at the Tate Britain - remarkable, multicoloured reflection on imperialism\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>More info<\/h4>\n<p>Tate Britain<br \/>\nMillbank, Westminster<br \/>\nLondon SW1P 4RG<\/p>\n<p>OPENING TIMES<br \/>\nMonday to Sunday 10.00\u201318.00<br \/>\nAdmission free &#8211; exhibition runs until 22 Jan 2023.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/whats-on\/tate-britain\/hew-locke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exhibition webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"location__link text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/visit\/tate-britain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plan your visit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d1242.1036842195106!2d-0.127789!3d51.491062!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xf51fd991541028a0!2sTate%20Britain!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1622502331792!5m2!1sen!2suk\" width=\"735\" height=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Join the discussion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/tate-britain-art-performance-events.345376\/page-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tate Britain \u2013 art, performance, events<\/a>\u00a0(65 posts)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/london-art-exhibitions-installations-and-events-photos-and-chat.374789\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London art exhibitions, installations and events \u2013 photos and chat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greeting visitors to Tate Britain is this large-scale installation by British sculptor and contemporary visual artist Hew Locke entitled, The Procession. 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