THE ANTELOPE BRASS WEIGHT
The above brass weight
is in the form of an antelope with extended horns. Antelopes were
important animals to the Asante. Traditionally, they belonged to dead
chiefs (amanhene). The extended horns on the antelope
refer to the Asante saying, ‘Had I known’ or, ‘If I’d known my horns
were to grow so long I might not have started.’ This is a visual pun on
the benefit of hindsight and is an appeal for thought before action.
ASANTE 1874: SYMBOLS, PROVERBS AND GOLDOpening Welcome by Ghana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, His Excellency Papa Owusu-Ankomah
Friday 15 November 2019, 18.00 - 21.30 (doors at 17.30)
Tickets £7, £5 concessions.
Recognising 145 Years Since Accession into the V&A Collection, and the ‘Year of Return’, Ghana 2019
Presenters at the event include:* Poet, Writer & Filmmaker Victoria Adukwe-Bulley with Unfortunate Inheritances
* Visual Artist & Performer Heather Agyepong with ‘Yaa’, a reimagining of the Ashanti Warrior Yaa Asantewaa
* Producer & Curator Natalie Fiawoo with Family Ties – The Adamah Archive
* Conceptual Sound Artist Peter Adjaye with five songs that for him shaped or changed Ghana
* Design a personalised copper foil Antelope with Artist, Curator & Workshop Facilitator Jackie Mwanza
* V&A Senior Curator of Metalwork Angus Patterson will tell the story of Asante metalwork within the V&A’s collections, sharing new narratives of Empire and notions of decolonisation, and the design of the up and coming 19th Century Gallery.
Read more about the Asante Goldweights display on the V&A blog.
To book for ASANTE 1874: SYMBOLS, PROVERBS AND GOLD telephone the Contact Centre on 020 7942 2000, or go to https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/Gar8k1mP/asante-1874-symbols-proverbs-and-gold-nov-2019 Tickets £7, £5 concessions
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