We took some time to visit and find out more about the 'Reframing the Collection' mini exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery and its worthy of your attention. The show is the result of work being undertaken across the museum sector to address problematic artworks, some of which are on show in their public gallery spaces but with many squirreled away, their problematic nature keeping them out of sight and often out of mind. These problematic works can range in severity from an outdated and now offensive titles like the 'Negress' or 'head of a Negro' and of course imagery and iconography relating to the British slave trade. Slavery became a buzz word when looking at racial equality issues highlighted by the BLM movement a few years back, the reductive counter arguement often called for people to 'get over it, it's history' while failing to actually listen to the stories from those who's families had been affected by the trade, regardless of the timel...
