Hew Locke | The Procession | ICA Watershed

Hales is delighted to announce that Hew Locke's The Procession is now on view at the ICA Watershed, Boston, MA, USA. Formerly shown at Tate Britain and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

 

Drawing upon a series of motifs and concerns that have occupied the artist over decades, The Procession is a colorful gathering of approximately 140 life-size sculptures of masked figures of all ages and abilities adorned in printed fabrics and embroideries-Caribbean carnival queens, dancers, refugees, horseback-mounted military figures, fishers, laborers, pregnant women, children, drummers, and flag bearers. The forward-facing figures carry props or wear costumes that reproduce imagery from historical paintings, advertisements, share certificates, maps, and photographs, including reproductions of the artist's own work. Poetic and powerful, this installation draws on the metaphor of the voyage to, in the artist's words, "reflect on the cycles of history, and the ebb and flow of cultures, people, finance, and power." Seen within the harborside setting of the ICA Watershed in East Boston, The Procession is a compelling and immersive invitation for visitors to cross historical and narrative time in an experience that delights the eyes and expands the mind.