Installation view: Talisman in the Age of Difference, Group exhibition, 2018
Untitled (Icon) Series, 2017, 24ct gold leafed aluminum composite Italian slate base on quartzite plinth, Thomas J. Price
Installation view: Talisman in the Age of Difference group exhibition, 2018
Talisman in the Age of Difference, 2018
Stephen Friedman, London
Group Show
Curated by pioneering British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE, 'Talisman in the
Age of Difference' is a journey of encounters that explores ideas of magic
and subversive beauty in work by artists of African origin and across the diaspora and artists who empathise with the spirit of African resistance
and representation. Presenting an eclectic and surprising range of works,
the exhibition includes painting, sculpture, drawing and other objects from
the early twentieth century to the present day.
Like Shonibare, all of these artists value art as a talisman: a vehicle for
change. At the heart of the exhibition, Shonibare is asking, 'Can political
art truly convey the power of its subject? Can art that is unconventionally
beautiful be a form of resistance?’ 'Talisman in the Age of Difference' seeks
to answer these questions.
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