Samstag Gallery 3

Co-founding BLK Art Group, collective instrumental to the British Black Arts Movement in the 1980s, Birmingham-born artist Keith Piper art practice responds to social and political issues, historical relationships and geographical sites. Adopting a research driven approach, and using a variety of media, over the past four and a half decades his work has traversed painting, photography, installation and digital media.

In this newly commissioned work, 22 Yards of Earth, a Samstag co-commission with the Bienniale of Sydney, Piper turns his attention to cricket, the culturally laden team sport dating back to the 16^th century. Exploring cricket as a symbol of national identity and global colonial conquest this installation incorporates moving image to deftly examine colonial legacies, race, class and social relationships.

Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney and Samstag Museum of Art with generous assistance from Mark and Louise Nelson, and British Council in Sydney.