FEATURED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONWalk Through British Art: Sixty Years, 1960’s to the Present Day

Handmade ‘bullets’ sit on cups or trophies that Locke found in junk stalls in Portobello Road Market. Locke said “When a bullet form was put in each cup a pattern appeared and Trophies began a life of its own.” The title of the work implies these objects have a connection with colonial violence and slavery. It raises questions about whose ‘trophies’ these may be and whose view of ’empire’ they might commemorate (excerpt from exhibition commentary, Tate Britain, London, England).

Photo: Trophies of Empire, 1972-1974, wood cabinet, ceramic and mixed media, 75″ x 51″ x 8″. Collection of Tate Britain; acquired 2015.