Open Menu

Items

Sort:
  • Organisation contains "Antislavery International"
5 anti-slavery-poster-1.jpg

Slavery Not A Thing of the Past

Antislavery International commissioned poster. By foregrounding international currency symbols the image draws attention to the relationship between slavery and capitalism.

House-Slave---Field-Slave 1.jpg

House Slave - Field Slave I and II

'House Slave - Field Slave: A Portrait of Contemporary Slavery' by Nicola Green was first exhibited at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in October 2007. It was then exhibited as part of Haringey's Black History Month at Bruce Castle Museum in October - December 2010. Nicola's triptych is now in the permanent collection at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool.

Nicola Green's portrait of contemporary slavery 'House Slave - Field Slave' was made for and in collaboration with Anti-Slavery International to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in 2007. The exhibition consists of a large 'altarpiece' scale triptych with preparatory studies. These are set alongside artefacts of contemporary slavery from the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool and the extraordinary photos and text from Anti-Slavery International, which inspired this work. The painting tells the story of contemporary slavery. There are an estimated 12 million people in the world today who are still enslaved - even though the British slave trade was abolished 200 years ago.

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0001.jpg

Man walking up Borassus palm by means of loop of forest cane.

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0002.jpg

Tree ferns, Ikelemba forest

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0003.jpg

Cotton grown in Catumbella, Angola

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0004.jpg

Congo tree which bears fruit on its trunk

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0005.jpg

Mr. Harris in bamboo avenue at Lisala, Stanley Falls District

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0006.jpg

Birds' nest and grass from the Kasai

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0007.jpg

Palm tree in grip of parasite, Kasai River

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0008.jpg

Red blossom on trunk of tree, Kasai forest

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0009.jpg

Flowering palm at Lukolela, upper Congo

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0010.jpg

Parasite which grips the palm tree – in its early stage

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0011.jpg

Elephant plant in dry season

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0012.jpg

A field of white water-lilies, Maringa River

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0013.jpg

A Congo forest fruit, considered by the natives to resemble the imported pineapple, to which they give the same name

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0014.jpg

Acacia avenue at Barumba on main Congo. Opposite mouth of the Aruwimi

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0015.jpg

A bunch of young bananas with edible purple seed lobe

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0016.jpg

Henequen plant on roadside of San Thomé

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0017.jpg

Palm in grip of parasite

http://files.www.antislavery.nottingham.ac.uk/bjl0018.jpg

Young Borassus palm at Leopoldville