Hew Locke
The Kingdom of the Blind, 2008
Plastic, screws, glue gun, fabric, vinyl, plywood
The Kingdom of the Blind is an installation of wall reliefs showing the possessions of an imaginary ruler. Thirteen figures re-enact the moment of his rise to power in battle and act as elaborate votive objects. He draws on the iconography of battles such as seen in the Bayeux Tapestry and the British Museum’s Assyrian Lion Hunts, using fake leather handbags, plastic animals, doll parts, flowers, chains and toy weapons.
(via blackcontemporaryart)
