Contemporary Art Explained: Lily Cox-Richard
Channel: Dr Tim Gregory: Short Arts
Date: 25/10/2021

Themes: Whiteness, Contemporary Sculpture, Eurocentrism, Civilized /Savage  

Description: In this video I discuss how Lily Cox-Richard’s colourful copy of The Capitoline Wolf encourages us to think about whiteness not only as a colour, but as an ideology. The superiority of whiteness has been justified through the white ruins of Ancient Greek and Roman statues and architecture. However this is not accurate, as these were originally intensely coloured, but the paint has weathered away. Cox-Richard’s strangely accurate art shows the lie of this narrative, and shows us colour has always been at the heart of Western culture. 

Educational Resource: A list of discussion questions, a studio activity, definition of key terms and artist quotes can be found on my website: https://www.timgregoryprojects.com/shortartsseasonone