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Structure Security conference at the Golden Gate Club in San Francisco on Tuesda & Wednesday September 27-28, 2016
Gigaom Structure Connect conference at Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday & Wednesday October 21-22, 2014.
different types of crack, depending on type of material, thicknes and other influences
Still don't know what is the "script" behind.
Gigaom Structure Connect conference at Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday & Wednesday October 21-22, 2014.
Gigaom Structure Connect conference at Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday & Wednesday October 21-22, 2014.
A structured snow band came through making for some ominous looking skies across Northeast Wisconsin. April 3 2016. Oconto, WI.
Clive, Kitchener, Churchill, and Roberts
Decolonised Structures (Roberts), 2022
Fibreglass, hand-painted with and wooden plinth
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914) was awarded a Victoria Cross for gallantry as a young soldier. He rose to Major-General during the Afghan war (1878-80), Commander-in-Chief in India (1885-1893), and was promoted to the Army’s highest rank of Field Marshal in 1895. His exploits earned him widespread fame in Britain which was enhanced during his decisive command during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Eventually his strategies to force the Boers to submit became known, including burning their farms and interning survivors in concentration camps. By the War’s end, 48,000 died in concentration camps which lacked space, food, sanitation, medicine, and medical care. On his return to England, he received numerous awards including several knighthoods.
He used his popularity to campaign for compulsory military training, opposition to Irish home rule and to warn of the growing threat of Germany.
Harry Bates’ (1850-1899) equestrian statue of Roberts was installed on Horse Guard Parade, Whitehall, in 1924.*
Decolonised Structures (Churchill), 2023
Fibreglass, hand-painted with Dutch wax pattern, and wooden plinth
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) served as British Prime Minister twice, notably during the Second World War where he delivered powerful speeches, declaring Britain ‘will never surrender.’ However, his legacy is also marked by his numerous controversial statements on race. In 1937 he said ‘I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the Black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly-wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.’ Critics argue his personal views influenced his leadership decisions, such as prioritising food for Britain during the War over feeding Indian subjects, which some contend led to the death of three million Indians during the 1943 Bengal famine.
This work is based on Ivor Roberts-Jones' (1913-1996) sculpture of Churchill installed in Parliament Square in 1973.*
Decolonised Structures (Kitchener), 2022
Fibreglass, hand-painted with Dutch wax pattern, and wooden plinth
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) commanded the British army in Egypt, Sudan, India, and Southern Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War and was promoted to the Army’s highest rank of Field Marshal in 1909. During the Second Anglo-Boer War, he supported the strategy of burning Boer farms and imprisoning civilians in concentration camps, resulting in the deaths of 48,000 prisoners. On his return to England in 1902, he was made Viscount Kitchener, later becoming Earl in 1914. As Secretary State for War, he was one of the few who anticipated a long First World War, recruiting the largest voluntary army in Britain’s history consisting of 3 million men. His image was used in the iconic army recruitment campaign with the slogan: 'Your country needs you'. However, he was blamed for a shortage of shells in 1915 and was stripped of his responsibilities. Kitchener was the highest-ranking British officer to die in action when a German mine sunk the HMS Hampshire west of Orkney, Scotland.
John Tweed’s sculpture of Kitchener was installed in 1926 on the south side of the Horse Guards Parade.*
Decolonised Structures (Clive), 2022
Fibreglass, hand-painted with Dutch wax pattern, gold leaf, and wooden plinth
Sir Robert Clive (1725-1774) was the first British administrator of Bengal and helped establish British imperial control of the country now known as India. During his first governorship (1755-1760) he led the Battle of Plassey, defeating the traditional rulers of Bengal, the Nawab, and securing control for the British East India Company. During his second governorship (1764-1767) he reorganised the British colony, creating a large civil and military administration to collect land taxes and customs duties. The East India Company’s punitive land tax is blamed for causing or exacerbating the Great Bengal famine (1769-1773), killing 10 million people. Clive amassed a huge personal fortune in India and faced a parliamentary enquiry into corruption.
The original statue of Clive, created by John Tweed (1869-1933) in 1912, is installed outside the Foreign Office.*
Decolonised Structures
This series of scaled-down public monuments is based on public sculptures in London which were originally commissioned to commemorate a colonial figure. The originals are mostly large-scale bronze sculptures placed on tall plinths. Shonibare reflects on the dynamic of scale, ‘the relationship of your body to their body is immediately a subservient one.’ Here, the sculptures are reduced in size and deliberately brought to eye level ‘to metaphorically reduce [their] grandeur… [and] power over citizens.’
The Dutch wax patterns that cover the monuments are designed by Shonibare and hand-painted onto the surface of each sculpture, some also include gold leaf. ‘I’m making them more beautiful,’ the artist explains, ‘I’m changing their character, or the history of their character, into something much more interesting.’ Rather than making a moral judgment, Shonibare invites discussion on the role of public sculptures today. Created in response to the debates around public sculptures of colonial figures, Shonibare reflects ‘I don’t think statues should be destroyed, the public should be able to see them, but there should be museums built for them so people can understand the history of these people and what they did.’*
From the exhibition
Yinka Shonibare: Suspended States
(April - September 2024)
For over 30 years, Yinka Shonibare CBE has used Western art history and literature to explore contemporary culture and national identities. Suspended States is the artist’s first London solo exhibition in over 20 years. It showcases new works, interrogating how systems of power affect sites of refuge, debates on public statues, the ecological impact of colonialisation and the legacy of imperialism on conflict and consequential attempts at peace.
The exhibition includes two new major installations at Serpentine South. Sanctuary City (2024) is comprised of miniature buildings representing places of refuge for persecuted and vulnerable groups. The War Library (2024) consists of 5,000 books bound in Dutch wax print representing conflicts and peace treaties.
Throughout the exhibition Shonibare’s signature use of Dutch wax print symbolises the tangled relationship between Africa and Europe. This brightly coloured fabric was inspired by Indonesian batik designs, mass-produced by the Dutch and eventually sold to British colonies in West Africa, where it later was referred to as ‘African print.’ In Decolonised Structures (2022-2023) the artist paints these patterns on his smaller-scale replicas of London’s large public sculptures. Reconstructing colonial figures such as Queen Victoria and Herbert Kitchener, Shonibare questions the role and presence of these monuments.
Additional works highlight luxurious lifestyles supported by colonisation and the importance of African art to global culture. Shonibare also draws links between the history of xenophobia and the impact of colonisation on the environment in his quilts, including his new series African Bird Magic (2024).
[Serpentine Gallery]
Taken in the Serpentine Gallery
Unless stated, all works are by Yinka Shonibare
Structure Data conference at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco on Wednesday & Thursday, March 9-10, 2016
Structure Data conference at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco on Wednesday & Thursday, March 9-10, 2016