Aïda Muluneh
Aïda Muluneh’s striking images, from her most recent series The Crimson Echo, explore African female identity - situating it within the colonial experience.
What makes a photograph stand out from the millions that are created, consumed and shared everyday?
Radical Imagination: Seven International Women Photographers presents recent projects by seven outstanding artists, who raise questions in us about our perception of the world and the people living in it.
With works by Aïda Muluneh, Maryam Wahid, Anna Neubauer, Silvia Rosi, Yufan Lu, Mónica Alcázar-Duarte and Shoufay Derz, the King’s Cross area is transformed into a public gallery..
These artists have adopted different, but equally dynamic approaches to the medium of photography. Their extraordinary images reframe portraiture and representation. From Human interaction, reimagining memory, and subverting gender norms to performance, staging and visual storytelling, these photographers creatively transform identity.
Maryam Wahid
The images from Maryam Wahid’s project Zaibunnisa explore the theme of identity and her personal journey to reconnect with her Pakistani heritage.
Anna Neubauer
Anna Neubauer’s captivating portraits address the invisibility young people, with disabilities and visible differences, often experience in public spaces.
Silvia Rosi
Silvia Rosi’s series Encounter is a fictional representation of an old family photo album, exploring tales of migration and diaspora through self-portraiture and symbolism.
Yufan Lu
Lu’s work raises questions around sexism, consumerism and empowerment while challenging stereotypes of beauty and femininity.
Mónica Alcázar-Duarte
Mónica Alcázar-Duarte’s multimedia project Second Nature considers how the digital representation of individuals, groups and societies is often shaped by computational algorithms.
Shoufay Derz
Shoufay Derz’s fantastical portraits act as a reminder to embrace our capacity for imagination as well as to encourage connection between us and our natural environment.
Displayed in the public realm, these seven artists offer new perspectives and surprising visual representations which makes us stop, step back, reflect and remember.
Radical Imagination is the latest exhibition to take over The Outside Art Project, a series of always-on, always-free and always-open art on the streets of N1C. The exhibition is curated by The Photographers’ Gallery’s director, Brett Rogers and senior curator, Anna Dannemann with the help of exhibition assistant, Freya Winterson.
