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Yesterday at the opening of Gods Save the Queen @sullivanstrumpf, dressed as an English rose next to The Empire’s New Clothes, a self portrait as Queen Alexandra, the Empress of India based on her coronation photo of 1902. The royal jewels, but for the crown with the Koh-i-noor diamond, have been substituted with items traded out of India by the East India Trading Company. Show on upstairs til Mar 18th. #peppercorns #silk #cardamom #ginger #tumeric #opium #ivory #cotton #ebony #tealeaves #cinnamon #kohinoor #queenalexandra #eastindiacompany #britishcolonialism #india #coronation #englishrose #whiterose #morticiaaddams #everyrosehasitsthorn #goth #browngoth #theempiresnewclothes #theemperorsnewclothes #thebritishempire #eyesoftheempire #textaqueen #selfportrait #blackandwhitephotography #godssavethequeen #godsavethequeen (at Sullivan + Strumpf)

4th March 2017
#blackandwhitephotography, #britishcolonialism, #browngoth, #cardamom, #cinnamon, #coronation, #cotton, #eastindiacompany, #ebony, #englishrose, #everyrosehasitsthorn, #eyesoftheempire, #godsavethequeen, #godssavethequeen, #goth, #india, #ivory, #kohinoor, #morticiaaddams, #opium, #peppercorns, #queenalexandra, #selfportrait, #silk, #tealeaves, #textaqueen, #thebritishempire, #theemperorsnewclothes, #tumeric, #whiterose