Artist Hew Locke discusses his mounted 'Ambassadors' from alternative pasts or possible futures: "It's become something more than just a statue. It has become something mythic from me..." | Hayward Gallery Shorts 🎥 Full curator tour available on Southbank Centre YouTube channel now 🔗 Link in bio Hew Locke (@hewdjlocke) is a Guyanese-British sculptor and contemporary artist, based in Brixton, London. Born in Edinburgh in 1959, he spent his formative years (1966-80) in Guyana before returning to the UK with an ambition to study art. He completed a BA at Falmouth School of Art in 1988 and an MA in sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1994. Locke explores the visual language of power, how different nations fashion their identities through visual symbols of authority, and how these representations are altered by the passage of time. These explorations have led Locke to a wide range of subject matters, imagery and media, assembling sources across time and space in his deeply layered artworks In the Black Fantastic, curated by Ekow Eshun (@ekoweshun), brings together a group of artists who inventively recycle and reconfigure elements of folklore, myth, science fiction, spiritual traditions, pageantry and legacies of Afrofuturism. 🔮 In the Black Fantastic Exhibition 📅 Until 18 September 2022 🔗 More Info & Booking link in bio #HewLocke #Ambassador #InTheBlackFantastic #Afrofuturism #Folklore #Mythology #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Sculpture #Horse #Horseback #MagicRealism #Installation #Art #BlackArt #BlackStatue #BlackArtist #Gallery #GalleryOpening #HaywardGallery