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Made You Look
Made You Look
July 11, 2016
Jeffrey Henson: Scales; Young Man in Plaid, NYC, 1991
© Jeffrey Henson, Courtesy of the artist
From 15 July to 25 September, 2016, the Photographers’ Gallery of London presents “Made You Look: Dandyism and Black Masculinity.”
From studio portraiture to street photography, this exhibition brings together a group of geographically and historically diverse photographers whose imagery explores black masculinity as performance, as play, as invention – in particular through the adoption of a dandy-esque persona.
“Made You Look” explores dandyism as radical personal politics, a willed flamboyance that flies in the face of conventional constructions of the black masculine. It proposes that the black ‘dandy’, with his extravagant emphasis on dress foregrounds a hyper-visible identity which counters the heighted vulnerability, the result of a charged history of objectification. In the context of this exhibition, dandyism isn’t simply about sharp dressing but rather, consciously problematising ideas of male identity through dress or deportment that is arresting, provocative, louche, camp and gloriously assertive. The exhibition is curated by Ekow Eshun.
Please find more information at The Photographers’ Gallery
From studio portraiture to street photography, this exhibition brings together a group of geographically and historically diverse photographers whose imagery explores black masculinity as performance, as play, as invention – in particular through the adoption of a dandy-esque persona.
“Made You Look” explores dandyism as radical personal politics, a willed flamboyance that flies in the face of conventional constructions of the black masculine. It proposes that the black ‘dandy’, with his extravagant emphasis on dress foregrounds a hyper-visible identity which counters the heighted vulnerability, the result of a charged history of objectification. In the context of this exhibition, dandyism isn’t simply about sharp dressing but rather, consciously problematising ideas of male identity through dress or deportment that is arresting, provocative, louche, camp and gloriously assertive. The exhibition is curated by Ekow Eshun.
Please find more information at The Photographers’ Gallery
Jeffrey Henson: Scales; Young Man in Plaid, NYC, 1991
© Jeffrey Henson, Courtesy of the artist
Hassan Hajjaj: African Boy, 2012
© Hassan Hajjaj, Courtesy of the artist
Liz Johnson-Artur: Untitled, from Black Balloon Archive
© Liz Johnson-Artur, Courtesy the artist