SPACE

13 March – 14 July 2007

Abolition ’07 Exhibition at The Hackney Museum

For Donkor ‘this is not a body of work that is rooted only in the horrors of slavery’. He shows us the complexities of the modern world and looks at the impact that the slave trade had on the general wealth and development of this country.

Installed at the centre of the exhibition, ‘Financial Times’ uses the FT index as its background. The shipping trade of the eighteenth century becomes a metaphor for the interaction of nations and the current cultural politics of globalisation, new internationalism and digitalisation.

Artist Biography
Godfried Donkor studied at Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design in London. He undertook graduate study in Barcelona in 1991-92 with support from UNESCO. Donkor then attended the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, receiving a Masters in African art history in 1995. He currently lives and works in London. Donkor has exhibited internationally including: ‘Authentic/ Eccentric’ Venice Biennale 2001, ‘Pin Up’ Tate Modern 2003/4, ‘Around the World in 80 days’ ICA 2006.

Education
Godfried Donkor led workshops in SPACE Commissioning Studio with Year 12 students from Cardinal Pole School and Skinners’ Company Upper Girls School. Their work is exhibited in Abolition 07.

SPACE has been working in partnership with Hackney Museum to deliver this project.