A new exhibition highlighting the struggle for disabled peoples’ rights in Manchester launches this weekend at the People’s History Museum.
Its centrepiece is a sculpture called The Manchester Argonaut, which features ‘bright colours, intricate patterns, statement tattoos and fantastical accessories’. It is also stood in the shape of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, according to artist Jason Wilsher-Mills.
He said: “The Manchester Argonaut is a positive and authentic depiction of activism and the rights of disabled people, which are sometimes overlooked by those who see the cost of everything, but the value of nothing, including human lives.”
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One of the first visitors to see the sculpture was Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester. Of the exhibition, he said: “It was a privilege to meet Jason and to see some of his incredible work and the way that he is carrying forward messages of activism in his art.
“You cannot help but be uplifted by The Manchester Argonaut, which is full of references to Manchester’s music and history and which also boldly represents disabled people’s activism.”
The exhibition opens on Saturday (July 16) and will run until January 28, 2024. The People’s History Museum’s opening hours are Wednesday to Sunday, from 10.00am to 5.00pm. For the school summer holidays the museum will be open seven days a week (Monday, July 25 until early September).
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