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Donkor, Kimathi (2022) The Death of Clinton McCurbin. [Art/Design Item]
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| Type of Research: | Art/Design Item |
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| Creators: | Donkor, Kimathi |
| Description: | 'The Death of Clinton McCurbin' is a 2022 painting by Kimathi Donkor which was first exhibited in 2023 at the Sharjah Museum of Art for the 15th Sharjah Biennial, 'Thinking Historically in the Present'. The work's title is a reference to Clinton Ludlow McCurbin, a 24-year old British man of Jamaican heritage who died during his arrest by Wolverhampton police in 1987 on suspicion of a petty retail offence. Although Home Office and family pathologists testified that the immediate cause of death was 'asphyxia as a result of compression of the neck' (1990, EWCA Civ J0312-8), the 1988 inquest ruling was 'misadventure' (ibid). |
| Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | Black British Art, African Diaspora Art, Black History |
| Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > Camberwell College of Arts Research Centres/Networks > Transnational Art Identity and Nation (TrAIN) |
| Date: | 24 November 2022 |
| Related Websites: | https://www.niruratnam.com/exhibitions/37-kimathi-donkor-black-history-painting/overview/, https://www.kimathidonkor.net/page-17/page29.php, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXgcByWzC5s, https://vlex.co.uk/vid/r-v-wolverhampton-coroner-793881101 |
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| Related Exhibitions: | Sharjah Biennial 15 — Thinking Historically in the Present, Kimathi Donkor: Black History Painting |
| Projects or Series: | Black History Painting, Fall/Uprising |
| Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date Sharjah Museum of Art, UAE 7 February 2023 11 June 2023 Niru Ratnam, London, England 15 March 2024 20 April 2024 |
| Material/Media: | Acrylic paints on linen |
| Measurements or Duration of item: | 160 cm x 200 cm |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2024 12:07 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2024 12:07 |
| Item ID: | 23049 |
| URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/23049 |
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