Tavares Strachan | The First Supper

"It's a meditation on humankind's struggle for progress."
Artist Tavares Strachan discusses his monumental bronze sculpture The First Supper (Galaxy Black) which was on display at the Royal Academy Courtyard until 10 May 2024.
It features from left to right: a Tasmanian tiger, a portrait of the artist Tavares Strachan, musician Sister Rosetta Tharpe, activist Harriet Tubman, politician Shirley Chisholm, activist Marcus Garvey, resistance fighter Zumbi Dos Palmares, Emperor Haile Selassie, nurse Mary Seacole, explorer Matthew Henson, Marsha P. Johnson, musician King Tubby, poet Sir Derek Alton Walcott and astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence.
The artwork was part of 'Entangled Pasts', an exhibition bringing together over 100 major contemporary and historical works as part of a conversation about art and its role in shaping narratives of empire, enslavement, resistance, abolition and colonialism - and how it may help set a course for the future.

[@britb90]

Making the Bahamas proud Tavares! Excellent work!

[@ladylikcool]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!

[@alexisrobinson8148]

Does anyone know who all the people are? I’ve been trying to find it but u can’t. I only know one person there too

[@royalacademy]

Hi Alexis - Thanks for the message. We've updated the description above to name everyone in the sculpture.

[@anasmith1322]

So beautiful ❤

[@deborahlynn6354]

Where is it now?

[@royalacademy]

Tavares Strachan's 'The First Supper' is on display in our courtyard until 10th May.

[@mayacosmos2023]

Can we rephrase your conclusion like that: only thing humanity might talk about effectively is individual past live karma. So called "progress" is a demagogy.

[@TsarHare]

no africa