Name/TitleThe White Aesthetic Necessitated by the 'Glasgow Miracle': Two Invisible Case Studies
About this objectSlim paperback publication with pale grey cover titled 'The White Aesthetic Necessitated by the 'Glasgow Miracle': Two Invisible Case Studies: Parts I & II'. The credits state that the publication "has been produced by Mother Tongue in line with the exhibition 24 Spaces: A Cacophony held at Malmö Konsthall [4th May - 18th August 2013], on invitation from Transmission Gallery [Glasgow], Generator Projects [Dundee] and Embassy Gallery [Edinburgh] ... The first version of this project was commissioned by Prawn's Pee [Rebecca Wilcox & Oliver Pitt], as part of the exhibition What We Have Done, What We Are About To Do, held at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, 18th August - 15th September 2012." The project focuses on two Black Glasgow artists, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé and the late Maud Sulter.
Partly scanned (6 pages: covers, credits & biographies)
MakerMother Tongue
Date Made2013
Period2010s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 208 x W: 450 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsBlack women artists
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://mothertonguecurating.com/about:
"Mother Tongue is a research-led, independent curatorial practice working locally and internationally, formed in 2009 by Tiffany Boyle and Jessica Carden. We have since then collaboratively produced exhibitions, film programmes, discursive events, essays and publications, working with galleries, museums, archives, and festivals. We have undertaken residencies in Scotland, Sweden, Finland and Barbados, and participated on the 2011/12 CuratorLab programme at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm. Mother Tongue’s projects are frequently accompanied by writing, from ourselves and writer’s commissions, both critical and creative texts. These have been published in English and Gaelic, and translation has played a prominent role also – from Swedish and Portuguese - as examples into English. We have written for outlets including MAP magazine and Africa is a Country, and published with Palgrave Macmillan."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oladélé_Ajiboyé_Bamgboyé:
Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé (born 1963) is a Nigerian-born British artist and scientist known for his Unmasking series which innovated with early 3D technology in the 1990s. A founding member of the Street Level Gallery in Glasgow and curator at the Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Bamgboyé has been exhibiting internationally since the mid-1990s. In 1997, he attended documenta X, where he won international acclaim for his work Paradigm Shift: African Stories [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Sulter:
Maud Sulter (19 September 1960 – 27 February 2008) was a Scottish contemporary fine artist, photographer, writer, educator, feminist, cultural historian, and curator of Ghanaian heritage. She began her career as a writer and poet, becoming a visual artist not long afterwards. By the end of 1985 she had shown her artwork in three exhibitions and her first collection of poetry had been published. Sulter was known for her collaborations with other Black feminist scholars and activists, capturing the lives of Black people in Europe. She was a champion of the African-American sculptor Edmonia Lewis, and was fascinated by the Haitian-born French performer Jeanne Duval [continues].
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePublication
Object numberGWL-2017-86-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved