XI. Living Room. Artist's Proof
1984
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1984
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
XI. Living Room. Artist's Proof is a 1984 by Tony Phillips, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Tony Phillips made a series of etchings in 1984 called *History of the Benin Bronzes*. This print, titled *XI. Living Room. Artist’s Proof*, is part of that set. Phillips used a printing plate in a special way to create layered images. The series looks back at how British museums got Benin Bronzes in 1897. Newspapers called the Benin people “savages,” but the art they took shows a rich, skilled culture. Check out other prints by Tony Phillips next.
The etching shows a cast bronze figure, previously depicted in the "Shrine of Sacrifice," now positioned on a plinth beside a television in a European living room. The schematic depiction of the domestic setting highlights the figure's displacement from its original cultural context.
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Tony Phillips made a series of twelve prints in 1984 that blend symbols and everyday scenes.
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