The “make-do” aspect of the Getty Challenge really resonated with me, as it felt like an opportunity to layer the project. I like that many of the original paintings include lavish items. Subverting them with humble objects is a way of creating a connection with the sitter – you suddenly don’t feel so far away from the historical figures you’re trying to recreate. Such additions also spark a dialogue that speaks to our shared history. What does this history mean? How can we connect with it and speak to the past as well as the future? How can we decolonise and reclaim a space, so sitters that were once powerless are given agency?

Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences Navigation link in category Our faculties. Press escape key to return to main menu Brathwaite is now working on a book about his project with the Getty Museum (slated for spring 2023) and recently organized an outdoor exhibition of his portraits for King’s College London’s Strand Campus. Agostino Brunias, The Barbados Mulatto Girl (1779). Braithwaite has reworked his scene with his grandmother’s patchwork quilt and a Caribbean map.Addo’s family are regular, and behave with the greatest propriety. They seem to attend to me and remember my sermons and texts. Pinder reported directly to the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of York. The most surprising aspect of my research has been finding out that my own ancestors are mentioned in reports detailing Pinder’s progress in converting the local population.The records show that John Hothersall Pinder considered my ancestors to be useful Christian role models for his enslaved workers. My experience of the cultural scene in Newcastle really shaped who I am today as an artist and performer. When I was a student, the Baltic and Sage had only recently opened. It was really exciting to have a contemporary art venue as big as that, and as diverse, on my doorstep. And I was fortunate enough to perform at Sage Gateshead as part of the University choir (a performance which made me sure that singing was what I wanted to do as a career!)

Student Services Navigation link in category Student Services. Press escape key to return to main menu Academic Calendar Navigation link in category Student Services. Press escape key to return to main menu Portraits such as the one of Miles Brathwaite II and the National Portrait Gallery’s portrait of John Hothersall Pinder are portals into understanding hidden histories. However, simply displaying these works can re-inscribe inequalities. Access to such images needs to go hand in hand with increased contextualisation and full historical insight. Without this we risk contributing to the reproduction and magnification of colonial hierarchies.

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Addo’s family set an excellent example to the rest of the congregation, by their attention and good behaviour.