The Brutish Museums signage from futuristic cities of steel

from futuristic cities of steel to romantic rural locales

A Loose Thread Of Red is the first book in a series of four explores a connection between images taken as part of a larger series in Japan over one summer and one winter

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The Brutish Museums signage from futuristic cities of steelWalk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompanying pieces of card offer a name, date and place of origin. They do not mention that the objects are all stolen. Few artefacts embody this history of rapacious and extractive colonialism better than the more Benin Bronzes a collection of thousands of metal plaques and sculptures depicting the history of the