Exhibition includes two specially commissioned works reframing story of former Trinidad governor
The artists Mary-Anne Roberts and Adeola Dewis in the immersive instalment Spirited.Fadhili Maghiya, the chief executive of the SSAP, said it was important that Picton was not hidden away but present so that the story could be spoken about. “That feels crucial,” he said. “There might be misconceptions that we are seeking to rewrite history with this project. However, that is far from the truth. Reframing Picton aims to rewrite our future by challenging the way we engage with history.
Among the many striking elements is a cabinet full of objects from the museum’s collection that tell stories of slavery, repression and colonisation, from sugar cutters to a case of hummingbirds collected from Trinidad., a multidisciplinary artist of Nigerian heritage from Trinidad and Tobago, whose response to the Picton portrait includes tattoos, performance, drawings, film and documentary work.
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