#autographabp

[gyamfieric]

Some warm days....

Feeling  Super excited about this  show with @autographabp

Do pass through if you are in the city for a vibe! 

https://autograph.org.uk/events/opening-night-new-exhibitions-by-ajamu-and-eric-gyamfi

Don’t forget to register for a  free ticket 👆🏿

#photography #eric gyamfi #julius eastman #fixing shadows; julius and i #baddest

[suzylwade]

Bandele Ajetunmobi “He was the youngest brother and he was disabled as well but he was very good at art, so they apprenticed him to a portrait photographer in Lagos. It suited him yet it wasn’t enough, so he packed up and, without anything much, left for England with my Uncle Chris.” - Victoria Loughran, niece of Photographer, Bandele “Tex”” Ajetunmobi. Bandele Ajetunmobi - widely known as “Tex” - was one of Britain’s first black photographers. Ajetunmobi was born in Nigeria in 1921 and was apprenticed to a portrait photographer in Lagos. In 1947, at the age of twenty-six, he stowed away on a boat from Nigeria. In Nigeria, Ajetunmobi found himself an outcast because of a disability from polio as a child. He settled in Spitalfields, East London, an area he documented through photography for almost half a century, focusing on immigrant communities and the multi-racial nature of the area. These images serve as early documents of a multi-cultural London in the post-war years at a time when a growing number of men and women were immigrating to Britain from the former colonies. They depict the Whitechapel area where many immigrants from the Caribbean settled. The music clubs in Whitechapel were shaped by and for black people - but from the start were also frequented by white people. Art historian Kobena Mercer noted in Britain “the nightlife surrounding black music was always a cross-cultural affair”. Most of Ajetunmobi’s work was destroyed when he died in 1994 apart for some two hundred negatives that his niece Victoria Loughran rescued. These are housed in the archive of ‘Autograph ABP', London. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #nigeria #polio #disability #stowaway #commercialstreet #spitalfields #streetphotographer #nightlife #multiracial #multicultural #crosscultural #immigrants #blackphotographer #autographabp #bandeleajetunmobi #tex (at East End of London) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckfs6WoIG5O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #design #words #pictures #love #nigeria #polio #disability #stowaway #commercialstreet #spitalfields #streetphotographer #nightlife #multiracial #multicultural #crosscultural #immigrants #blackphotographer #autographabp #bandeleajetunmobi #tex

[gallerydelarue]

"Artists only have so many tools at their disposal. Those tools are never going to be able to fully convey the essence of what you felt or thought.” - Lina Viktor. Some Are Born To Endless Night - Dark Matter. Exhibition open until January 25th at #autographabp. (at Autograph) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ZQQKhAv8_/?igshid=sgo8189qgbxf

#autographabp

[sandrafalasediary]

When he starts of a sentence with "You females..." • Making Jamaica Exhibition. . . . . . . #vscofilm #photography #yashica #film #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #blackart #blackculture #autographabp #afro #naturalhair (at Autograph ABP)

#naturalhair #blackart #blackculture #autographabp #filmisnotdead #filmphotography #afro #vscofilm #yashica #film #photography

[exhibitionclub]

2 November 2019

Shoreditch gallery visits

Doug Aitken

Rock My Soul

Rock My Soul

Rock My Soul

Rayyanne Tabet

Rayanne Tabet

On 2 November, we went on a small gallery tour od Shoreditch. Our stops were:

Doug Aitken and Rock My Soul at Victoria Miro Wharf Road. Rock My Soul was curated by the artist Isaac Julien, inspired by bell hooks’ book Rock My Soul: Black People and Self Steem (London and NY: Atria, c2003.) Here you have a review of that book: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-29-et-book29-story.html

Rayyanne Tabet at Parasol Unit. 

Lina Iris Viktor at AutographABP.

#contemporary art #doug aitken #isaac julien #zanele muholi #lina iris viktor #rayanne tabet #exhibitionclub #shoreditch galleries

[heathaakosuaphotos]

So delighted that #toomanyblackamoors lives on! Gracing the cover of new book by #SamanthaNPinto @dukeuniversitypress Infamous Bodies:Early Black Women's Celebrity and the Afterlife of Rights. Out in August!! Delighted to be showcasing this important book about reframing the gaze. @autographabp #blackwomensrights #visualart #artactivism #dukepress https://www.instagram.com/p/B9GtUNvl5wF/?igshid=1jnkmnlsepse2

#toomanyblackamoors #samanthanpinto #blackwomensrights #visualart #artactivism #dukepress

[nazilakivi]

Whenever I’m at BE.BOP I feel like entering an out of this world-space of love, madness and magic, working outside the mainstream and the come-and-go waves of neoliberal identity politics. I’m constantly and repeatedly in awe of the tireless efforts and work of @alannalockward curating this space of “total marronage” and a true global solidarity, as stated in the BEBOP catalogue. My heart is full and there are many things I will take with me, sit with and carry for a long time ahead. Thank you all! 🖤🌺🌿🍀🍃 #bebop2018 #coalitionsfacingwhiteinnocence #artlabourarchives #caribbeansplendor #marksealy #autographabp you megarock! #miguelgomezphotos (her: City of London)

#miguelgomezphotos #autographabp #caribbeansplendor #marksealy #coalitionsfacingwhiteinnocence #bebop2018 #artlabourarchives

[yvessalmon]

Performance art. Marcia Michael listens to an audience member read from 'I Am Now You - Mother' her work which is currently showing at @autographabp #photography #poetry #mother #autographabp

#mother #autographabp #photography #poetry

[meettheartist-sa]

OPENING NIGHT:  For the first time in Johannesburg at the @apartheidmuseum, The African Choir 1891 Re- Imagined is a contemporary multimedia installation based on The African Choir’s first tour to Victorian England in 1891. The African Choir 1891 Re-Imagined was first shown at @autographabp, #London in 2016 and is collaboration between #autographabp and #TshisaBoysProductions. Curated by Renée Mussai, Senior Curator Artistic Programmes and Head of Archive at Autograph ABP Songs composed and arranged by #PhilipMiller & Thuthuka Sibisi @thuthusib Charlotte Maxeke (née Manye), The African Choir. London, 1891. By London Stereoscopic Company. Courtesy ©Hulton Archive/Getty Images. (at Meet The Artist)

#london #tshisaboysproductions #philipmiller #autographabp

[dodgeburnphoto]

#Repost @autographabp ・・・ Today’s #photoftheday is Comb – from Joy Gregory’s ‘Objects of Beauty’ series.⠀ ⠀ Between 1992 and 1995 #artist and #photographer Joy Gregory produced photographs of the objects women use daily to make themselves more #attractive. ⠀ ⠀ The formal 19th century feel of the #photos created by the #kallitype style of #printing give the objects an iconic status, ironically turning these creators of #beauty into objects of beauty themselves. ⠀ ⠀ #1990s #90s #art #sepia #joygregory #autographabp #hair #haircare #comb #photography #blackbritish #afro #afrocomb #diversityinphoto

#art #blackbritish #sepia #kallitype #1990s #afro #afrocomb #90s #photographer #photoftheday #diversityinphoto #attractive #haircare #beauty #photography #photos #autographabp #comb #hair #artist #joygregory #printing #repost

[gallerydelarue]

“The work I make is steeped in ancient lore and myths but also has a future focus. You present an image of something that’s imaginary, and it’s around blackness, and things get conflated — ‘Oh, you must be talking about Afrofuturism’. That’s just not the case. I mean, I make work that’s not even just for black people, to be honest. I’m just making work that’s coming from within me.” Lina Iris Viktor. Some Are Born To Endless Night - Dark Matter. Solo Exhibition by @linairisviktor. Opens today until January 25th at @autographabp. (at Autograph) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2WCwvBAC3c/?igshid=jk2mvavscpvl

[sandrafalasediary]

( My hair is my fist) ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 • Making Jamaica exhibition. . . . . . . . #vscofilm #photography #yashica #film #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #blackart #blackculture #autographabp (at Autograph ABP)

#filmphotography #filmisnotdead #yashica #autographabp #vscofilm #blackculture #photography #blackart #film

[supportblackart]

Photography by @omar_viktor 🙏🏾 Some wounds might not heal, but they sure keep hope alive. We ain’t forget! From my series: Liberty, Trayvon Martin. Currently showing at @autographabp, Soreditch, London, through Nov. 3rd. @galerie_magnin_a . . #supportblackart #omarviktordiop #liberty #trayvonmartin #neverforget #blackart #blackbodies #blacklivesmatter #photography #artlovers #artcollector #senegaleseartist

#supportblackart #omarviktordiop #liberty #trayvonmartin #neverforget #blackart #blackbodies #blacklivesmatter #photography #artlovers #artcollector #senegaleseartist

[nataalmedia-blog]

1-54 (@154artfair) previews today at Somerset House (@somersethouse). As the media partner for this year's London fair, we have picked our highlights to look out for, including the Nataal-hosted panel discussion on African photography this Friday with Renée Mussai (@autographabp), Marie-Ann Yemsi (@marieannyemsi), Lebohang Kganye (@lebohang_kganye), Ruth Ossai (@ruthossaistudio) and Helen Jennings (@hellojennings). - 1-54: Link to read in bio. - 1-54, 4-7 October at Somerset House, London . Image by Lebohang Kganye courtesy of Afronova Gallery (@afronovagallery) . . #NataalMedia #154ArtFair #SomersetHouse #AfricanContemporaryArt #LebohangKganye https://www.instagram.com/p/BoeUKpmAfJR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=33at5tqfy8mu

#nataalmedia #154artfair #somersethouse #africancontemporaryart #lebohangkganye

[nazilakivi]

Whenever I’m at BE.BOP I feel like entering an out of this world-space of love, madness and magic, working outside the mainstream and the come-and-go waves of neoliberal identity politics. I’m constantly and repeatedly in awe of the tireless efforts and work of @alannalockward curating this space of “total marronage” and a true global solidarity, as stated in the BEBOP catalogue. My heart is full and there are many things I will take with me, sit with and carry for a long time ahead. Thank you all! 🖤🌺🌿🍀🍃 #bebop2018 #coalitionsfacingwhiteinnocence #artlabourarchives #caribbeansplendor #marksealy #autographabp you megarock! #miguelgomezphotos (her: City of London)

#artlabourarchives #coalitionsfacingwhiteinnocence #bebop2018 #caribbeansplendor #autographabp #miguelgomezphotos #marksealy