Zita Holbourne argues that the re-enactment of horrific racist atrocities in ‘Exhibit B’ is not liberating for those who continue to experience racism daily, but the art elite won't listen.
The campaign calling on the Barbican to withdraw Brett Bailey's racist and offensive Exhibit B show this month has gained the support of tens of thousands of people.
More than 15,000 people have backed a Change.org petition but there are thousands more from a broad range of anti-racist campaigns, black community organisations and trade unions who oppose it.
Among them is my organisation BARAC UK, Operation Black Vote (OBV), Unite the Union, PCS union, the PCS culture sector - representing union members in Britain’s museums and galleries, which includes The British Museum, the National Gallery and Liverpool Slavery Museum) - CRAIC (Irish Community Rights group), BEMA, Ligali, NUS Black Students Campaign and UpRise... Keep reading on The Voice
The campaign calling on the Barbican to withdraw Brett Bailey's racist and offensive Exhibit B show this month has gained the support of tens of thousands of people.
More than 15,000 people have backed a Change.org petition but there are thousands more from a broad range of anti-racist campaigns, black community organisations and trade unions who oppose it.
Among them is my organisation BARAC UK, Operation Black Vote (OBV), Unite the Union, PCS union, the PCS culture sector - representing union members in Britain’s museums and galleries, which includes The British Museum, the National Gallery and Liverpool Slavery Museum) - CRAIC (Irish Community Rights group), BEMA, Ligali, NUS Black Students Campaign and UpRise... Keep reading on The Voice