Hew Locke

Name: Hew Locke
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An in-depth look at the innovative career of an artist renowned for his multimedia explorations of colonial and postcolonial power For the past thirty years, Guyanese British artist Hew Locke (b. 1959) has used strategies of appropriation to reveal and upend the visual codes of imperialism.... Read More

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Hew Locke

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An in-depth look at the innovative career of an artist renowned for his multimedia explorations of colonial and postcolonial power

For the past thirty years, Guyanese British artist Hew Locke (b. 1959) has used strategies of appropriation to reveal and upend the visual codes of imperialism. Incorporating sculpture, photography, drawing, and found objects, Locke’s oeuvre has been described as a “postcolonial baroque” that deconstructs and reimagines deeply entrenched iconographies of British sovereignty.

This richly illustrated catalogue showcases the full spectrum of Locke’s practice, bringing together distinct bodies of work that scrutinize the visual language of empire and colonialism’s present-day legacies of global market capitalism, migration, and diaspora. Essays from leading curators, critics, and scholars of contemporary art situate Locke’s work within the context of colonial and postcolonial history and theory, reveal how his use of nontraditional materials—including cardboard, fabric, beads, sequins, and readymade toys—enables the artist to reflect on his Guyanese-British heritage, and consider how the artist’s dense, highly textured, and multilayered works fuse vernacular and formal traditions.

Distributed for the Yale Center for British Art

Exhibition Schedule:

Yale Center for British Art
(October 2, 2025–January 11, 2026)

Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
(February 13–May 24, 2026)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(June 21–September 13, 2026)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300284683

Publisher: Yale Center for British Art

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 July 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale Center for British Art

Illustration: 226 color illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Courtney J. Martin
Contributions by Kelly Baum
Edited by Martina Droth
Contributions by Saloni Mathur
Contributions by Hew Locke
Contributions by Indie A Choudhury
Contributions by Asma Naeem
Edited by Allie Biswas
Contributions by Rachel Stratton
Contributions by Clarrie Wallis

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 241.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 304

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Martina Droth is Paul Mellon Director of the Yale Center for British Art. Allie Biswas is a writer and editor based in London.