Angela YT Chan

With this British Art Studies Cover Collaboration feature, which responded to the theme of ‘British Art and Natural Forces’ proposed by the journal’s editors, I brought together four artistic practices of Sonia E. Barrett, The Bonita Chola, Michael Leung and INTERPRT, alongside my own. They highlight diverse activities among international, socially engaged, creative practices that relate to the core conversations on justice in environmental and climate issues. My curatorial statement here critiqued the meaning of ‘British’ arts, especially in the context of climate themes, as I reflected on the arts sector in 2020. I outlined art worker struggles in light of years of government defunding, the pandemic, Brexit and the exceptionalism on the empire trained the state to hold in face of crises.
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