Name/TitleArtwork: Pragna Patel
About this objectOne of nine audio books consisting of a small wooden chest with a push button and speaker, and a card insert alongside created by Ingrid Pollard for her No Cover Up exhibition. This audio book features Pragna Patel, Krishna Sharma Demonstration, Southhall Black Sisters, 1984.
MakerPollard, Ingrid
Maker RoleArtist
Portfolio TitleNo Cover Up
Date Made2021
Period2020s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, wood and card
Inorganic, metal and plastic
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
MeasurementsH: 100 x : W: 85 x D: 70 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsArt & design
Subject and Association KeywordsGlasgow International Festival of Visual Art (GI)
Subject and Association KeywordsLGBTQ+
Subject and Association KeywordsParticipatory art
Subject and Association KeywordsBlack women artists
Subject and Association DescriptionNo Cover Up exhibition at GWL, 28th
http://www.ingridpollard.com:
"Ingrid Pollard is a photographer, media artist and researcher. She is a graduate of the London College of Printing and Derby University.
Ingrid has developed a social practice concerned with representation, history and landscape with reference to race, difference and the materiality of lens based media. Her work is included in numerous collections including the UK Arts Council and the Victoria & Albert Museum. She lives and works in London UK"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragna_Patel:
Pragna Patel is the Director of Southall Black Sisters a women's rights organisation in London, UK. She was a founding member, chair and Director. Patel is also a co-founder of Women Against Fundamentalism.
She trained as a lawyer and writes about race, gender and religion. She has an honorary Doctorate from Keele University for her outstanding contribution to women's rights and a Bob Hepple Equality award alongside Mauro Cabral of GATE. The award is named for Bob Hepple, the former lawyer of Nelson Mandela. She has said 'It is only through activism that that we can truly honour those who came before us to fight for the rights and freedoms that we currently enjoy and it is only through activism that can we encourage others to feel empowered and to form part of wider social movements that carry the promise of change.' In 2011 she was named by The Guardian as one of the Top 100 Women Activists and Campaigners.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeArtwork
Object numberGWL-2021-54-10
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved