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Autograph have teamed up with ActionSpace artists for a relaxed late opening at our Shoreditch gallery. Everyone is welcome to join us for an evening of art, conversation and drinks.
In the ground floor gallery, Omar Victor Diop recasts history and the global politics of black resistance in his exhibition Liberty / Diaspora.
Projected alongside Diop’s photographs will be recent work by ActionSpace artist Thompson Hall. Hall’s striking paintings use colours, patterns and motifs drawn from London landmarks and his Ghanaian heritage – part of his search for home, identity and ancestry.
ActionSpace is a London based visual arts organisation. They support artists with learning disabilities and create innovative projects for people with learning disabilities to engage with the visual arts.
Action Space Artists at Autograph
Snaps from the event
See the exhibition by Arpita Shah
Purdah - The Sacred Cloth
This is an informal event, you can arrive and leave at any time
6 – 9pm
Omar Victor Diop and Arpita Shah exhibitions open to view
ActionSpace artists' work on display in The Studio
7 – 7:30pm
Thompson Hall in conversation with Ali Eisa
7:30 – 8:30pm
Meet, greet and drinks with the artists
Ground floor
Gallery 1: Omar Victor Diop: Liberty / Diaspora exhibition
Thompson Hall projection and artist talk
Studio: New works by artists Thompson Hall, Andrew Omoding and Ian Wornast. Cash bar and seating area
Information desk
Free lockers
Baby change facilities
Accessible toilets
Second floor
Gallery 2: Arpita Shah: Purdah - The Sacred Cloth exhibition
Accessible toilets
Thompson Hall works primarily in acrylic paint and pastel. A frequent visitor of museums and galleries, he sketches the urban landscape and uses these observations to create flat and patterned compositions. Hall has a nurtured interest in art and art history, citing references like Auerbach and studying the free exhibitions across London intently.
Andrew Omoding’s work is intuitive and instinctive. He buzzes around the studio, exploring cupboards and shelves for buried treasures, which he uses to create large-scale sculptural forms, using his tacit knowledge of form, shape and construction to add and discard elements as he works. Andrew builds up his creations by systematic layering, wrapping and attaching, adding textile swatches, painted patterns and textures to complete the piece.
Ian Wornast has passion for London transport, its history and its developments. He
notices and researches changes to structures around the city and creates graphic yet
personal geographic mappings in response. Ian incorporates design and colour from
TFL into complex patterns in which he shows the connections and links throughout
London through his own lens. Recently, Ian has also become interested in transport
connections around the world such as in Moscow.
Watch a short film about Thompson Hall
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EXPLORERS project, delivered by Project Art Works, a three-year programme of art and conversation working with 12 national art organisations. The EXPLORERS programme is informed and led by neurodiverse communities, placing them at the heart of social, civic and cultural activity. Based in Hastings, Project Art Works is the UK’s leading artist led organisation working with children, young people and adults who have complex support needs.
Banner images: 1) Thompson Hall, ABP Autograph. Image credit ActionSpace 2) Ian Wornast, Kennington Road, 2018. 3) Thompson Hall, British Museum, 2018. Image credit ActionSpace & Adam Tiernan Thomas. 4) Andrew Omoding, Sweetheart [Detail]. 5) Ian Wornast, Battersea Park, 2018. 6) Thompson Hall, Tate Britain, 2018. Image credit ActionSpace & Adam Tiernan Thomas.
Page images, from top left: 1) Omar Victor Diop, Nanny and Quao, Jamaica, 1720 [detail]. From Liberty (2016). Courtesy © Omar Victor Diop / MAGNIN-A, Paris . 2) Arpita Shah, Sari, Reshma. From Purdah – The Sacred Cloth (2013). 3) Thompson Hall, ABP Autograph [detail]. Image credit ActionSpace. 4) Gallery at Autograph, London. Photograph: 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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