Seeing Ourselves 2 - EP4 The Black Person as Spectacle

Ekow Eshun and Serena Lee join Sharon to look at two pieces from the collection, namely ‘An engraving of Billy Walters’ and a ‘Caricature of Greenwich Pensioners’. Ideas around representation, authenticity and Blackness are explored in this episode. Interesting observations around reclaiming narratives are made, and captioned depictions from objects are challenged, thus providing fresh, new interpretations.

Ekow Eshun @ekoweshun

Serena Lee @georgiandiaspora

Sharon Walters @london_artist1

Find out about the objects mentioned in the episode here