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  1. Ana Mendes, The People's Collection, 2014-ongoing, exhibition view at Charlottenborg Spring EXhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021 (c) photo Søren Rønholt

    Ana Mendes, The People's Collection, 2014-ongoing, exhibition view at Charlottenborg Spring EXhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021 (c) photo Søren Rønholt

    Ana Mendes, The People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view MAC, Belfast/UK; Photo (c) Simon Mills

    Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view MAC, Belfast/UK; Photo (c) Simon Mills

    Ana Mendes, The People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view MAC, Belfast/UK; Photo (c) Simon Mills

    Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view MAC, Belfast/UK; Photo (c) Simon Mills

    Ana Mendes, The People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view Platform, Belfast/UK; Photo (c) Simon Mills

    Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view Platform, Belfast/UK; Photo (c) Simon Mills

    Ana Mendes, The People’s Collection, 2021-ongoing, sculpture/artist book, 150 x 105 x 148 mm. Photo courtesy Ana Mendes

    Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2021-ongoing, sculpture/artist book, 150 x 105 x 148 mm. Photo courtesy Ana Mendes

    Ana Mendes, The People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view Platform, Belfast/UK;  Photo (c) Simon Mills

    Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view Platform, Belfast/UK; 

    Photo (c) Simon Mills

    Ana Mendes, The People's Collection (Taiwan), printed media, two collections of postcards and three artist books, exh. view Taoyuan International Award, Taoyuan Museum Fine Art, Taoyuan, Taiwan (c) photo Ana Mendes

    Ana Mendes, The People's Collection (Taiwan), printed media, two collections of postcards and three artist books, exh. view Taoyuan International Award, Taoyuan Museum Fine Art, Taoyuan, Taiwan (c) photo Ana Mendes

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      Ana Mendes, The People's Collection, 2014-ongoing, exhibition view at Charlottenborg Spring EXhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021 (c) photo Søren Rønholt

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      Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view MAC, Belfast/UK; Photo (c) Simon Mills

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      Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view MAC, Belfast/UK; Photo (c) Simon Mills

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      Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view Platform, Belfast/UK; Photo (c) Simon Mills

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      Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2021-ongoing, sculpture/artist book, 150 x 105 x 148 mm. Photo courtesy Ana Mendes

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      Ana MendesThe People’s Collection, 2018, printed media , variable dimensions, exh. view Platform, Belfast/UK; 

      Photo (c) Simon Mills

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      Ana Mendes, The People's Collection (Taiwan), printed media, two collections of postcards and three artist books, exh. view Taoyuan International Award, Taoyuan Museum Fine Art, Taoyuan, Taiwan (c) photo Ana Mendes

    Ana Mendes, The People's Collection, printed media, 2014-on-going, exhibition view Toayuan International Award, Taoyuan Museum Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2021 (image 1); Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021 (photo 2); 'MAC International 2016', Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, UK (photo 2, an3 4) and at Platform Arts, Belfast, 2017 (photos 4 and 5). photo: (c) Simon Mills.

     The People’s Collection is a project, initiated in November 2014, that involves an exploration of the various ethnographic museums around the world, and asks questions about post-colonialism, memory and identity. In this project, people originating from a colonised country are invited to visit an ethnographic museum and to rethink their identity on a post-colonial context. The project is completely independent from the museums. The work has explored the collections of museums worlwide, including: the British Museum, London, UK; MET Museum, NY, Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany; Bunjilaka/Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Australia, Museum of Civilisation, Quebec-city, Canada, among others.