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FREE ENTRY
CURATED BY RENÉE MUSSAI AND BINDI VORA
Join us for the opening night of Autograph's solo exhibition by Maxine Walker, reintroducing a pioneering artist whose practice focused on representations of black womanhood.
Maxine Walker: Untitled is a poignant exploration of identity by a young artist at the height of her career - using photography to interrogate the intricacies of skin, blackness and being. Active between 1985 - 1997, this is Walker’s first solo exhibition in more than twenty-two years.
In her seminal series of self portraits Untitled (1996), a sequence of ten portraits share a charged visual journey as she seemingly peels away layers of her surface skin, conjuring a narrative that is more sinister than playful, intimating that her blackness cannot - and must not - be stripped away. Magnifying the delicacy of her skin, we are invited to consider complex notions of beauty, masquerade, and vulnerability.
Maxine Walker: Untitled
Exhibition at Autograph
Lola Flash: [sur]passing
Flash’s work challenges stereotypes and gender, sexual, and racial preconceptions
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This is a free event, and we ask attendees to book a free ticket (RSVP) in advance to manage numbers. You do not have to book a ticket to attend this event, however during busy times we may prioritise entry for ticket-holders. Due to no-shows, we have to overbook our free events. At times, there may be a queue to get into the building or gallery spaces, this is to ensure the safety of our visitors and the artwork on display.
Free tickets (RSVP) to this event can be booked on this webpage, on Eventbrite, by phoning Autograph at 020 7729 9200, or by emailing info@autograph-abp.co.uk. Tickets to Autograph's events are only available through Eventbrite, Autograph, and Autograph's Facebook page. Tickets obtained unofficially via social media or other platforms may not be genuine.
Please note that photography and filming will take place at this event. Images from this event may be used by Autograph and external press for marketing and promotional use, including: printed and online publicity, social media, press releases, or other use.
Images, from top left: 1, 2, 4, 5) Maxine Walker, Untitled, 1997. Courtesy of the artist and Autograph, London. 4) Lola Flash, Sadako [detail], New York, 2008. From the series [sur]passing. Courtesy the artist. 6) Rivington Place, home of Autograph. Photograph by Zoe Maxwell. 7) Omar Victor Diop: Liberty/Diaspora exhibition opening at Autograph, London, 2018. Photograph by Zoe Maxwell 8) Franklyn Rodgers: A Portrait of Loretta exhibition opening at Autograph, London, 2018. Photograph by Zoe Maxwell.
Autograph is a place to see things differently. Since 1988, we have championed photography that explores issues of race, identity, representation, human rights and social justice, sharing how photographs reflect lived experiences and shape our understanding of ourselves and others.
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