For Love of Sugar
St Paul's Cathedral in London is displaying some pathetic portraits of black heroes made out of sugar cubes: Olaudah Equiano (this graphic, according to a clueless BBC News), George Bridgewater, Ignatius Sancho, John Archer and Mary Seacole. For Love of Sugar continues until 12 July. The sugar is significant, folks, because slaves were bought to work Britain's sugar plantations in the West Indies. Ah! Shame the "artist", Satch Hoyt, didn't do his homework. His picture isn't of Olaudah Equiano, but is a copy of a portrait of an unknown black, possibly a servant. To see the real Olaudah Equiano CLICK. If you want to know how a clot gets work like this, click the title link to see his arty beret. Coxsoft Art's tip for unemployed artists: wear a French beret for your job interview and the boss will know you're the real thing!
posted by Unknown @ 27.6.07
4 comments
4 Comments:
For the Love of God, For the Love of Sugar, shall we be seeing more "For the Love" titles.
Darn it, a beret eh! who would have thought ;)
Try it and let me know how you get on. I thought French berets went out with beatniks, if not before.
It seems to work for one of our local artists lol!
Hasn't done a thing for me,except keep my head warm in the winter.
Oh well...guess I'll stick with a US baseball cap: the peak keeps rain off my spectacles.
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