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Sutapa Biswas’ @balticgateshead show examines relationships between gender, ecology, colonial legacies in India & diaspora in UK. ‘Time Flies’ (2004-) references imperial paintings & taxidermy; ‘Lumen’ (2021) mixes archives with a poetic monologue on the Raj, partition, migration
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s @barbicancentre show imagines a fictional prehistoric civilisation dominated by female rulers, served by male labourers (each group forbidden from relationships with the other) — set in a surreal landscape, inspired by Nigeria’s Plateau State rock formations.
Absolutely love my print of Edward Colston’s statue tumbling into Bristol Harbour by Laura Elise Wright (originally made for @galdemzine) 💧💦 💧
#AndyWarhol at @tate is brilliant: such considered, thoughtful, nuanced curating. Art is so often stripped of its context: this exhibition absolutely returns its history, and the profound — if contradictory and complex — politics of both the work and the society it was a part of.
Rasheed Araeen’s biting & powerful anti-racist artworks at @balticmill are as urgent as ever. It was galling seeing Brian Sewell’s early reviews on the walls in the retrospective; testament to enduring art world racism & the vital importance of Araeen’s work (inc w/ @thirdtext_).
#ThePlaceIsHere at @SLG_artupdates: 1980s British Black Arts Movement, some of the most important work in British art history. Powerful.