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Accepted Paper:
Revolution in Room 3: Toussaint Louverture, Haiti and the British Museum
Esther Chadwick
Paper short abstract:
This paper will discuss the objects, interpretative frameworks and curatorial objectives of a recent spotlight display at the British Museum, "A revolutionary legacy: Haiti and Toussaint Louverture".
Paper long abstract:
This paper will discuss the objects, interpretative frameworks and curatorial objectives of a recent spotlight exhibition at the British Museum, "A revolutionary legacy: Haiti and Toussaint Louverture" (February-April 2018). It will pay particular attention to the display's focal juxtaposition of two very different but historically connected objects: Jacob Lawrence's "General Toussaint L'Ouverture" (1938, printed 1986) and a Haitian Vodou boula drum, confiscated during a police raid in Haiti c. 1929. It will also highlight the critical perspective of Haitian-born artist and anthropologist Gina Ulysse, who was commissioned by the BM to respond to the display.