Bey's beautiful composite portraits, showing in Britain for the first time, present a positive view of the post-civil rights generation in America. Taken on Polaroid's unique 20x24 'Land' camera, each piece combines up to eight pictures, disrupting the conventional portrait format that insists on the single definitive image. From September 1 to October 21, 1995. Self Evident at the Ikon Gallery in collaboration with Autograph. From 12 August -16 September, 1995.
Admission is free.
Impressions Gallery in York will launched two exhibitions in association with Autograph as part of the Africa95 season. From October 8 to December 3 you will be able to see Communion, the last work produced by Rotimi Fani-Kayode before his untimely death, and Harlem in the 1920s and 30s by James VanDerZee. This CD contains a survey of the work of Keita with approximately 300 photographs which can be accessed and traced through four sub categories. Produced by Lux Modernis in collaboration with Keita, Autograph, CAAC Geneve Pigozzi collection, Mama Sissoko and Francoise Huguier. Vanley Burke's photographs represent a sensitive portrayal of black people and their presence in the West Midlands.