Queer British-Asian Art History
To mark the Whitechapel Gallery青瓜视频檚 landmark exhibition of work by artist Hamad Butt, Dr Alice Correia joins a round-table discussion to consider his life, work and legacy.
On Thursday 24 July, (Lecturer of modern and contemporary British Art) will join Prof. Dominic Johnson and IMMA curator Se谩n Kissane to trace the key moments and thematic strands that define Hamad Butt青瓜视频檚 work 青瓜视频� a practice defying categorisation, weaving together a constellation of references from popular culture, alchemy, and science fiction, to intimacy, risk, and sex and desire.
Hamad Butt: Apprehensions at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, is the first major survey of Hamad Butt (b. 1962, Lahore, Pakistan; d. 1994, London, UK). Butt was one of the most innovative artists of his generation. His work spanned intermedia art, science, and alchemy, whilst also referencing his Queer and diasporic experiences. He offered a nuanced artistic response to the AIDS crisis in the UK, taking a conceptual rather than activist approach.
Alice Correia contributed an essay titled 青瓜视频淧roblem Spaces: Hamad Butt, South Asian Identities, and British Art青瓜视频� to the catalogue published to accompany the exhibition.
Alice Correia青瓜视频檚 talk will be held on Thursday 24 July, 6.30-8pm, at the Whitechapel Gallery, London. Tickets can be booked via the.
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