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Free outdoor display
Using collage to question the 'truth' in photographs, and how we think about complex histories
Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5NP
This free display will be free to see from 26 January - 8 February
In a new display on Clerkenwell Road in London, we're sharing some works from our exhibition I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies.
From cut paper to generative AI, 13 contemporary artists are using collage to question the 'truth' in photographs, and how we think about complex histories. Collage can bring together fragments of archives, stories and images – constructing images when words fail.
Through digital manipulation of photographs to self-portraits transformed into tapestries, the artists use the idea of collage to examine political dissent and erasure. With deep roots in activism and artistic experimentation, photomontage has a rich legacy as a powerful tool for artists engaging with experiences of political dissent and erasure. Its possibilities are amplified by the relentless evolution of photography – a medium shaped by technological advancement and the shifting politics of representation
Free Exhibition on until 21 March 2026
Examining political dissent and erasure through the idea of collage
Sim Chi Yin's 2022 Autograph artist commission
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Banner image: Arpita Akhanda, A Veil of Memories III, 2023. Courtesy the artist and Emami Art Gallery.
Display design, featuring: 1) Sheida Soleimani, Correspondents [detail], 2024. From the series Flyways. Courtesy the artist and Edel Assanti. 2) Sabrina Tirvengadum, Madame [detail], 2023. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London. 3) Henna Nadeem, Yellow Sunset [detail] from the series Between Trees, 1999-2000. Courtesy the artist. 4) Arpita Akhanda, A Veil of Memories III [detail],2023. Courtesy the artist and Emami Art Gallery. 5) Thato Toeba, Man on Fire [detail], 2017. Courtesy the artist.
Part of the exhibition: Sabrina Tirvengadum, Family [detail], 2023. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London.
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