Artist Lubaina Himid – whose stunning and poignant sculpture and sound installation Naming the money, featuring 100 life-size painted wooden figures, each representing an enslaved person, servant or refugee, occupies two rooms in the show – has said of historical injustices: ” We have to ask the questions and give the answers: creative people are the best people to give the answers.” It is as if the historical works here are the question and the contemporary works provide answers in the form of criticism or poetic reflection. The show does not discard the past or historical artists, but rather points to contexts that were always there, but long ignored.
