National Museum Wales has announced two new artist commissions which will reframe the legacy of a Welsh officer of the British Army who fought in the Napoleonic Wars, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton.
Picton was a sitting Member of Parliament at the time of his death in 1815 with a far-reaching legacy. He was put on trial and convicted in England for sanctioning torture during his governance of Trinidad, a conviction which was later overturned.
As part of a wide project, Reframing Picton, artists Gesiye and Laku Neg have been commissioned to propose new artworks which will explore narratives of ancestry, healing, transformation, and empowerment.
Gesiye said the work “is not an attempt to rewrite history, it is a disruption of the narrative that is so often held up as a singular truth.”
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