{"id":243,"date":"2021-01-09T19:48:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T19:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:39:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T09:39:39","slug":"merlyn-bradshaw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/merlyn-bradshaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Merlyn Bradshaw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8216;Merlyn Bradshaw&#8217;s practice&nbsp;uses installation, performance and&nbsp;digital media&nbsp;to question sustained stereotyping and prejudice in the UK. She explores imagery relating to administration and advertising, to investigate the bias and false narratives perpetuated by our government systems. The rigidity applied by our institutions to complex matters of: identity, nationhood and belonging is brought into focus through satire and humour. Within 2020, her work has adapted to become more&nbsp;predominantly&nbsp;digital, reflecting on the increasingly cold and impersonal exchange&nbsp;of information from these systems to the public.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/D53F1641-2F6C-4010-A244-5DEF4E2624A7-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175\" width=\"342\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/D53F1641-2F6C-4010-A244-5DEF4E2624A7-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/D53F1641-2F6C-4010-A244-5DEF4E2624A7-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/D53F1641-2F6C-4010-A244-5DEF4E2624A7-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/D53F1641-2F6C-4010-A244-5DEF4E2624A7-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/files\/2021\/01\/D53F1641-2F6C-4010-A244-5DEF4E2624A7.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><figcaption>Office 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Merlyn Bradshaw&#8217;s practice&nbsp;uses installation, performance and&nbsp;digital media&nbsp;to question sustained stereotyping and prejudice in the UK. She explores imagery relating to administration and advertising, to investigate the bias and false narratives perpetuated by our government systems. The rigidity applied by our institutions to complex matters of: identity, nationhood and belonging is brought into focus through satire &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/merlyn-bradshaw\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Merlyn Bradshaw&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9905,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-243","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9905"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1449,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fineartdegreeshows2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}