The Gallery at Pollok House celebrates Maud Sulter
15 October–4 December 2022 and 6 January–15 January 2023
A new exhibition of the work of the internationally renowned Glaswegian-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter is now open at The Gallery at Pollok House.
Commenting on this landmark exhibition, the Estate of Maud Sulter said, “It’s such a pleasure to see Maud Sulter’s work centre stage in her hometown of Glasgow. We’re delighted that this beautiful and historical institution is showcasing her art, so new audiences will be able to connect with the engaging themes of her photography, including Memories of Childhood.”
© Estate of Maud Sulter. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2022.
Image: © Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre.”
The exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to experience Sulter’s recollections of growing up as a child of Ghanaian heritage in 1960s Scotland through Memories of Childhood, a photographic series and suite of poems. It also features a range of works spanning her career, including selections from her series Zabat and Hysteria, featuring photography, collage, and literature.
Maud Sulter (1960-2008) was born and raised in the Gorbals and was an award-winning artist and writer, cultural historian, and curator of Ghanaian and Scottish heritage. Her work is held in museum collections around the world, including the V&A and Tate.
Throughout her career and across different media, Sulter interrogated the representation of black women in the histories of art, the media, and photography, exploring the many connections between Africa and Europe, the often-hidden lives of black people, and the complex experiences of the African diaspora in European history and culture.
Inspiration for the exhibition comes from the National Trust for Scotland’s Facing our Past project, which investigates connections between the places and properties in its care and the wide diversity and identity of individuals involved throughout their histories, including through links to slavery. Both the heritage of Pollok House and its family history have multi-generational links to West Indian plantations and so provide an appropriate context within which to explore and understand themes expressed in Sulter’s work.
Titled Maud Sulter: Memory and Identity, the exhibition will pause for the holidays after Sunday 4th December but will reopen in the new year from 6th January to 15th January.
During the exhibition hiatus, Pollok House will still be open and offering a drop-in collaging activity for visitors of all ages from 6th December to 8th December, engaging participants in Sulter’s techniques and methods. The activity is included in the price of admission and is free for NTS members.
For more information on visiting The Gallery at Pollok House, please go to www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/pollok-house or https://www.facebook.com/PollokHouseNTS
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