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Title
Jackie Kay (b.1961)
Date
2003–2004
Medium
bronze & concrete
Measurements
H 150 x W 30 x D 32 cm (E)
Accession number
EH12_GB_S007
Acquisition method
New Edinburgh Limited
Work type
Bust
Owner
Edinburgh Park
Custodian
Edinburgh Park
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
Jackie Kay / Born in 1961 of a Scottish mother and a / Nigerian father, Jackie Kay explored her own / situation as the adopted child of white / Scottish parents in her first collection of / poems. The Adoption Papers (1991) first / performed on radio, this award-winning work / brought a new and hugely attractive voice to / a wide audience. Kay has since published two / more collections, an acclaimed novel, / Trumpet (1998), plays and short stories, all / characterised by a generous humanity. / Her understanding of the deeply familiar / experiences of daughters , mothers, lovers is / filtered through the sensibility of an outsider, / she is alert to the register of languages, and / to the power of language to make people feel / at home or unwelcome. Her protagonists / often move through contested spaces, at odds / with their surroundings or their histories, but / their strength, their humour and their / capacity for love are sources of the joy that / also permeates her work. / Sculptor / Michael Snowdon
Lochside Crescent, Edinburgh
EH12 9DH
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