Were museums stealing? The effects of colonialism.
Description
The main purpose of the project is to draw attention to the fact that the biggest European museums still make money on artifacts looted from their countries of origin during the colonial era. The author decided to give a voice to the nations who lost their cultural heritage through the actions of the British Empire, First French Empire, and the German Empire.
She collected some of the articles and interviews and wrote some of the texts based upon reports she found on the Internet. Most of the robbery was committed in the 19th century, which was also the period when first museums were founded. The author used 19th-century postage stamps which were used in colonies, adding graphics and posters encouraging the public to visit galleries with “exotic” artifacts. On the cover she put lord Elgin, the man who stole the marbles from Parthenon.
The project is addressed to museum visitors but also to everyone interested in art history and its dark side.
The layout was made in Indesign. The photographs and illustrations were edited in Adobe Photoshop.
