Passport Culture
Size:
366cm x 305cm
Format:
Pen, fabric, feathers, beads, artificial eyes, sequins and trimmings, glued onto brown paper.
Year:
2000 - 2004
Themes:
Coats of Arms
Locke wants to draw attention to the beauty of an image that is so well known that we often take it for granted – the Queen’s Coat of Arms (as depicted on every passport). A British passport is still the holy grail for thousands of people around the world. In a newspaper article, Salman Rushdie nominated his as the most valuable book in his library.
