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In partnership with Imperial Health Charity
Active between 1976 to 1981, Rock Against Racism (RAR) was a ground-breaking movement formed by a collective of musicians and political activists to confront racist ideology in the streets, parks, and town halls of Britain through music. Under the slogan ‘Love Music, Hate Racism’, RAR marked the rising resistance to violent and institutionalised racism.
Photographer Syd Shelton has produced the largest collection of images of the movement, many of which are in Autograph's collection of photography. We've partnered with Imperial Health Charity to display the images in three major London hospitals, to help them tackle systemic issues around perceptions of representation and inclusion in health care settings staffed by and serving highly diverse communities.
This project is ongoing, and we will share our progress here. Keep up-to-date with Autograph's work by joining our mailing list, and by following us on Instagram.
I hope the exhibition shows that you can change things and you can actually take a stand, even in the most difficult of situations
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Clifton Rise, Lewisham, London 13 August 1977
Matumbi, Bethnal Green, London 1979
Art in Focus: Syd Shelton installation view at Charing Cross Hospital
Brick Lane, London June 1978. Bengali youths lead a demonstration of some 7,000 people against racist murders and attacks in the area
RAR fans Paul Duncan and Lucy Tilney, Bethnal Green, East London 1978
Members of the bands Dambala and Misty in Roots with Tom Robinson perform in the finale of the Militant Entertainment Tour, Alexandra Palace, London 1979
Art in Focus: Syd Shelton installation view at Charing Cross Hospital
Art in Focus: Syd Shelton installation view at Charing Cross Hospital
Paul Simonon, The Clash, Rock Against Racism / Anti-Nazi League Carnival, Victoria Park, London 1978
Jubilee Street, Stepney, London 1977
Read Autograph's interview with Syd Shelton
Read blog post | 8 min read The displays of Rock Against Racism are a collaboration between Imperial Health Charity and Autograph, London. The selection of photographs originally formed part of the touring exhibition Rock Against Racism curated by Mark Sealy, Director of Autograph, and Carol Tulloch, Professor of Dress, Diaspora and Transnationalism at University of the Arts, London.
Banner image: Syd Shelton: Rock Against Racism, installation view at Charing Cross Hospital. All images from the series Rock Against Racism, 1977 – 1981/2015 © Syd Shelton. Courtesy of the artist and Autograph, London. Image: Zoë Maxwell.
Project images: All images by Syd Shelton, courtesy the artist and Autograph.
Install images: Syd Shelton: Rock Against Racism, installation view at Charing Cross Hospital. All images from the series Rock Against Racism, 1977 – 1981/2015 © Syd Shelton. Courtesy of the artist and Autograph, London. Image: Zoë Maxwell.
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