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Lesson 56-Wales
Lesson 56-Wales was made in the months following the devolution referendum in 1997 that voted for the creation of the Welsh Assembly. The work is based on photographs of schoolbooks studied by Peter Finnemore's grandmother at her school in Carmarthenshire. The books, published at the height of the British Empire, undermine the autonomy, language and culture of Wales, telling the story of the nation from an exclusively British perspective. Finnemore explained that the work represents “the state’s role in the colonisation of the mind and imagination through education, and the perpetuation of stereotypical assumptions and impotent mythologies”.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 28175
Acquisition
Gift
Given by The Contemporary Art Society for Wales
Measurements
Height
(cm): 61.4
Width
(cm): 83.6
Techniques
photograph on aluminium
photograph
Fine Art - works on paper
Location
In store
Categories
Gweithiau ar bapur | Works on paper Celf Gain | Fine Art 13_CADP_Apr_22 Cymdeithas Celfyddyd Gyfoes Cymru (CASW) | Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) CADP random Cyfoes | Contemporary Ysgol | School HUNANIAETH | IDENTITY Baner | Flag Gwladychiaeth | Colonialism Hanes Cymru | Welsh history Cenedligrwydd | Nationality CADP content Artistiaid y 21ain ganrif | Active in the 21st CenturyComments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.