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Now on display in the museum

Esiri Erheriene-Essi

1982

Having Your Cake and Eating it Too

2019

Details

  • Type

    Painting

  • Material and technique

    Oil, ink and xerox transfer on linen

  • Subject

    Painting; group portrait

  • Dimensions

    200 x 165 cm

  • Identifier

    msch 2025-7

  • Source

    Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

About the artwork

A moment of celebration as the cake is cut at a birthday party. In the background are archive images of the Windrush generation, who emigrated from the Caribbean to the United Kingdom after the Second World War. On invitation by the British government, to rebuild the broken nation. In 2018, the British citizenship of their descendants was questioned. The title of this artwork refers to this: you can’t have everything.

FRANS HALS MUSEUM

Groot Heiligland 62, Haarlem


Open Tuesday – Sunday
11 AM – 5 PM

HAL

Grote Markt 16, Haarlem


Temporary modern and contemporary art exhibition

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