ARTIST COLLECTIVE BM
‘It is true that two men can lift a bigger stone than one man. A group can
build automobiles quicker and better than one man, and bread from a huge
factory is cheaper and more uniform.’
_____John Steinbeck
The British Museum is a space that surrounds you
with narratives of history, culture and humanity from all over the world. You
are surrounded by us too, members of staff who are exceptional artists and
great minds. When we are not working our full-time jobs in the Museum, we
deserve to be seen (as such).
We wear a black, unobtrusive uniform, that makes differentiating ourselves as
individuals and creatives difficult. Once we step out of our stifling shirts,
loosen our neckties, we actively become artists, curators, designers, writers
and photographers. This change isn’t just physical, we transcend from being
indiscernible shadows, to beings brimming with the energy to create.
The aim of this collective, is to promote the artists that cannot afford to
practice full-time, whose talents are fascinating, the very reason we admire
each other and have united as a group. This is a significant way that we can
create our story. We are artists from around the world, who come from different
cultures with different ways of life, we find different ways expressing
ourselves through art. But we have the same feelings and concerns, under the
same roof, that of the British Museum.
Has working in the British Museum inspired or affected the way that you look
at, or make art now? Let’s build a monument to our own talents, to stand
amongst those that continue to inspire us all.