I think that this is an exhibition we should all visit together. The work on display discuses cotton as a commodity that has had a vast impact on the trade between different countries. Making me think about the positive and negative outcomes brought about by the cotton industry. The sculpture below by Yinka Shonibre blurs the boundaries of what we may perceive to be specific to a particular culture. For example hear is a quote from the leaflet I picked up at the exhibition discussing the very same work " Why are his formal clothes made of what looks like 'african' cloth?......The boys identity is ambiguous as the cloth on his back, which is known as 'dutch wax' because it was first produced in the
I did some drawing at the exhibition (below) two dresses from different times, one from the 40's and one from the late 18th century. The vast difference in style shows how man manipulates nature in this case cotton to suite what is in demand at that particular time.
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