Lockwood Kipling
Jan 12, 2017 11:03:10 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2017 11:03:10 GMT -5
Good afternoon to you all once again! I trust that all is well with all of you in 2017. Due to unprecedented demand from around the world, everyone reading 'The Third' is cordially invited to an exhibition of Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London from 10:00 on Saturday 14 January 2017 at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Explore the life, work and lasting impact of John Lockwood Kipling (1837 – 1911), an artist, writer, museum director, teacher, conservationist and influential figure in the Arts and Crafts movement.
V&A - The Many Careers of John Lockwood Kipling
Writing in the [London] 'Times', Nancy Durrant explains why Rudyard’s father was a hero of the empire. A new show at the V&A sheds light on Lockwood Kipling, an artist, society darling and champion of traditional Indian crafts.
'Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London' tells the story of a man who became a world expert in Indian arts and crafts and in the process saved traditional skills and techniques at risk of dying. Writing in 'The Daily Telegraph', Alastair Sooke argues that the V&A dares to paint the British Raj in a positive light. Alastair concludes that it would be hard, frankly, to think of a more winning face for Britain’s Indian empire. Few other institutions would dare to tackle such a sensitive subject without getting themselves tangled in fiendish knots of political correctness.
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V&A - The Many Careers of John Lockwood Kipling
Writing in the [London] 'Times', Nancy Durrant explains why Rudyard’s father was a hero of the empire. A new show at the V&A sheds light on Lockwood Kipling, an artist, society darling and champion of traditional Indian crafts.
"When you hear the name Kipling, what comes to mind? Rudyard, obviously, or Mr Kipling and his exceedingly good cakes. However, if you say Kipling in the Lahore Museum in Pakistan it will conjure up another person entirely: John Lockwood Kipling, father of Rudyard, husband of a pre-Raphaelite muse, sculptor, ceramicist, designer, writer, illustrator, teacher, museum director, campaigner and champion of traditional Indian art — and now the subject of an exhibition at the V&A."
'Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London' tells the story of a man who became a world expert in Indian arts and crafts and in the process saved traditional skills and techniques at risk of dying. Writing in 'The Daily Telegraph', Alastair Sooke argues that the V&A dares to paint the British Raj in a positive light. Alastair concludes that it would be hard, frankly, to think of a more winning face for Britain’s Indian empire. Few other institutions would dare to tackle such a sensitive subject without getting themselves tangled in fiendish knots of political correctness.
' ... Hats off to the V&A, then, for examining Britain’s imperial past in a straightforward, honest manner – neither varnishing unpleasant truths nor deliberately dulling the sparkle of the British Raj. Perhaps, in our “post-postcolonial” world, it is time to challenge the idea that the British Empire was nothing but an embarrassment.'
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