A city art gallery has created an exhibition of artworks which celebrates the Indian community in Liverpool.
Featuring more than 100 works including paintings, drawings and video, Indian Perspectives at Victoria Gallery and Museum looks into the legacies of British colonialism in India and the experiences of those with Indian heritage who reside in Britain.
Liverpool born artist Tony Phillips is known for his artistic work which incorporates social and political themes. He is described by the Ashton Street gallery as using his ‘characteristic socially engaged drawings to look at the impact of British colonial rule had on India and its people, alongside the cross fertilisation ensuing from post-Independence Indian migration to Britain.’
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Artist Jasmir Creed uses her oil paintings to draw on her Anglo-Indian heritage, she uses huge colourful and vibrant paintings reflecting on issues of identity.
The exhibition has also commissioned a short film which includes the stories of four University of Liverpool students from India discussing their life in Liverpool. The film captures a number of different hobbies and passions from each student including ballroom dancing and photography.
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Amanda Draper, the curator of the exhibition, said: “When we reopened after Covid in 2021 it became apparent that the demographic of the University of Liverpool had changed slightly and looking at our overseas students the largest single community that were coming in were Indian. So that triggered an idea that I wanted to celebrate that fact and also do something that I thought would link to the Indian community that was already in Liverpool.”
Amanda also expressed how her aim was to show others how diverse the Indian community is and break preconceptions that the western world may have on people of Indian heritage living within Britain.
The event will run until April 26, 2025. Admission is free.
