Liberate Tate, United Kingdom
License to Kill, 2012
In “License To Kill'' by Liberal Tate, there is a group of about 9-10 women dressed in all black with black cloth over their faces - all carrying large buckets of oil with the logo of BP displayed on them. These women then walk to the entrance of an art museum and empty the buckets of oil directly into the entrance area to make a statement on oil sponsorship in that museum as well as others. This art is encapsulating in its darkness seen in the dark black of the women’s clothes and in the dark black buckets of oil they carry - symbolizing not only oil, but the dark implications it has on the health of the world. This display of art brings faraway issues directly into people’s presence and brings light to the oil spill which affects everyone in the world, no matter the distance. Label by Callie Sties