Calliope, Maud Sulter, photograph, 1989
Maud Sulter: The Centre of the Frame
Sat 4 September 2021 - Sun 2 January 2022
Murray Edwards College
Maud Sulter: the Centre of the Frame spotlights the work of Scottish-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter (1960–2008), whose practice is rooted in questioning the representation of Black women in art and literature. The exhibition brings together Sulter’s iconic photographic series Zabat (1989), which features portraits of contemporary Black female figures dressed as the Greek Muses. It is drawn from public and private loans from across the UK.
In the introduction to Maud Sulter: Passion (2015), Sulter is quoted as saying: ‘It’s important for me as an individual, and obviously as a black woman artist, to put black women back in the centre of the frame – both literally within the photographic image, but also within the cultural institutions where our work operates.’
Maud Sulter created Zabat in 1989 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography. The series, which the artist called a ‘diasporan family portrait’, challenges the invisibility of Black women in art history. The photographs subvert usual representations of the Muses in Western art and highlight the connections between European and African histories and cultures.
Sulter herself has been largely left out of art history. This timely and necessary exhibition is a unique opportunity to discover the work of Sulter and her network of female collaborators. Phalia (Portrait of Alice Walker) was one of the first works to enter the New Hall Art Collection when it was established in the early 1990s. This display highlights the Collection’s history and emphasises its ongoing significance in generating discussion around gender, race and representation.
Cost: Free
Timing
In person
10:00am-6:00pm daily from Saturday 4 September 2021 until Sunday 2 January 2022
All times
Sat 4 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 5 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 6 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 7 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 8 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 9 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 10 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 11 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 12 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 13 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 14 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 15 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 16 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 17 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 18 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 19 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 20 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 21 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 22 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 23 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 24 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 25 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 26 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 27 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 28 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 29 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 30 September 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 1 October 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 2 October 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 3 October 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 4 October 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 5 October 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 6 October 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
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Sun 10 October 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
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Sun 28 November 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 29 November 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 30 November 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
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Sun 12 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 13 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 14 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 15 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 16 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
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Sun 19 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 20 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
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Sun 26 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Mon 27 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Tue 28 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Wed 29 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Thu 30 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Fri 31 December 2021 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sat 1 January 2022 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 2 January 2022 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |