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Describing these costumes, Khan observed that they reflect his general love of colour, materials and ‘folk forms’ (themes which recur throughout his work).\n\r\nKeith Khan is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans a broad spectrum of performances, exhibitions and carnivals in Britain and abroad between the 1980s and 2010s. \r\n\r\nHis prolific career has included designing and making costumes and sets for processions (including the Notting Hill Carnival and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Commonwealth Parade) and for the stage (including the award-wining production <i>Alladeen</i> and the Millennium Dome opening ceremony and ‘Central Show’), to being appointed CEO of Rich Mix, an arts venue in East London, and Head of Culture for the 2012 London Olympics.\r\n\r\nBorn in Wimbledon to Trinidadian parents, Khan has played a vital role in broadening the cultural landscape of British art and performance by putting formerly marginalised voices and stories centre stage, reflecting the multiculturalism of modern Britain.\n\r\nThe archive (of which this costume forms a part) is a complete account of Khan’s artistic and career development, showcasing his breadth of experience across the arts at both a practising and managerial level. Charting his entire career and including work preceding his studies, the archive includes his drawings, computer-aided designs and collaged mood-boards for set and costume designs; photographs and press cuttings of productions; cuttings of interviews with, or articles about, Khan; letters, faxes and email correspondence showing the ideas process and development of his projects; and business papers, including funding applications and meeting minutes. \r\n","physicalDescription":"Full, over the face mask, formed from cotton (quilted over polyester/cotton wadding) and hand painted in tones of yellow, orange and green.\n\r\nThe mask encloses the wearer’s face, covering the crown of the wearer’s head and extending over the face to enclose their chin.\n\r\nThe mask is secured and adjusted at the centre back of the wearer’s head where a row of 4 pairs of metal eyelets are interlinked with narrow strands of black cotton.\n\r\nThe cotton ground fabric is hand painted in tones of yellow and orange, with dark purple used to fine the eye sockets and mouth. The mask has been decorated with lines of top stitching in tones of red, yellow and blue. It has been stiffened with strands of wire.\n\r\nThe interior is not lined, but the panels of wadding used to quilt the front section of the mask are enclosed within two panels of cotton.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Khan, Keith","id":"AUTH333742"},"association":{"text":"designers","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"sewing","id":"AAT53658"},{"text":"painting","id":"x30598"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Cotton; Painting; Polyester Wadding","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Costumes","id":"THES269529"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2019MB2325"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES342536"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"costume","id":"AAT178802"}],[{"text":"mask","id":"x30067"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"United Kingdom","id":"x29336"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1984","earliest":"1984-01-01","latest":"1984-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Keith Khan","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"23","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approximate","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"From the crown of the head to the base of the chin, front","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"12","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approximate","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Rear, crown of the head to the base of the rear panel","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"23","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approximate","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Maximum, across front section","note":""},{"dimension":"Circumference","value":"57","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approximate","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Interior of the crown","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Hand painted mask marked ‘No.2, KEITH KHAN’, designed by Keith Khan for Trinculo in a production of <i>The Tempest</i> at Kings College Cambridge in 1984","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.38-2019"],"accessionNumberNum":"38","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2019,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-06-24","recordCreationDate":"2019-06-03","availableToBook":true}}