Mapping Decolonisation: Exhibition Floor Plans and the “End” of Empire at the Commonwealth Institute
This article explores the relationship between “permanent” exhibitions and political flux. Offering a close reading of London’s Commonwealth Institute and its intriguing gallery floor plan of 1969, it considers the interaction between display, exhibition graphics, and imperial change. While the Brit...
Main Author: | Claire Wintle |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Yale University
2019-09-01
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Series: | British Art Studies |
Online Access: | http://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-13/mapping-decolonisation |
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