interpretation
-
Floating Mermaids, Pearl Alcock – Participant Interpretation
Pearl Alcock, the ‘Black bisexual shebeen queen of Brixton’ moved to the UK from Kingston, Jamaica as part of the Windrush Generation. After saving up money working as a maid,… Read more.
-
Jupiter Embracing Cupid, Raimondi – Participant Interpretation
Seeing two men being intimate was something I never saw growing up in small town UK. I was 18 before I saw two men kissing, that was on TV and was… Read more.
-
Roberta Construction Chart 1, Lynn Hershman Leeson – Participant Interpretation
I was drawn to this piece in the collection as I think it’s witty and wacky. Lynn Hershman Leeson created the figure in the picture ‘Roberta Breitmore’ – an alter… Read more.
-
raspberries and boot, Wolfgang Tillmans – Participant Interpretation
Over his career, Wolfgang Tillmans has created a visual language for lust. It can be captured in an object, a body part, a landscape. Red, the colour of an enticing… Read more.
-
Little Red Riding Hood Illustrations, Walter Crane – Participant Interpretation
These two proofs side-by-side, to me, represent the themes of Little Red Riding Hood in such a playful manner. The usage of red and brown ink allows the characters’ expressions… Read more.
-
The Two Sons of Noah, Raimondi – Participant Interpretation
The Two Sons of Noah is a print of an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, after the ‘l’Ivresse de Noé’ (The Drunkenness of Noah) fresco found in the Sistine Chapel by… Read more.






