The Procession by Hew Locke
During my recent trip to Newcastle i paid my first visit to the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The Baltic opened in July 2002 in a converted flour mill built by Joseph Rank of Rank Hovis to a late-1930s design by Hull-based architects Gelder and Kitchen. We had no idea what was showing at the Gallery but there were a couple of interesting shows
The most impressive was a room size instillation by Hew Locke who was born in Edinburgh in 1959. Though he lived in Georgetown, Guyana, from 1966 to 1980. His instillation called A Procession contained dozens of full sized models all taking part in some kind of march or procession . The work was commissioned by the Tate and originally presented in Tate Britain.
Locke writes “ 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.” 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.
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The Procession by Hew Locke
During my recent trip to Newcastle i paid my first visit to the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The Baltic opened in July 2002 in a converted flour mill built by Joseph Rank of Rank Hovis to a late-1930s design by Hull-based architects Gelder and Kitchen. We had no idea what was showing at the Gallery but there were a couple of interesting shows
The most impressive was a room size instillation by Hew Locke who was born in Edinburgh in 1959. Though he lived in Georgetown, Guyana, from 1966 to 1980. His instillation called A Procession contained dozens of full sized models all taking part in some kind of march or procession . The work was commissioned by the Tate and originally presented in Tate Britain.
Locke writes “ 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.” 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.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO
WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .