Masterclass with Charles Gaines
Charles Gaines, Faces: Men and Women Set 3 # 9 (1978) Courtesy the artist
Charles Gaines, Faces: Men and Women Set 3 # 9 (1978) Courtesy the artist
Dates:
16 Apr 2019
People:
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Amrita Dhallu, Sonya Dyer, Louis Hartnoll, Farzana Khan, Ebun Sodipo, Rosa Johan Uddoh
Location:
London
In collaboration with Afterall and Hauser & Wirth, ICF held a masterclass with US-based artist and curator Charles Gaines. During the event, Gaines spoke to a group of invited artists, curators and writers about his artistic practice and his groundbreaking 1993 exhibition The Theatre of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism. Gaines also spoke about The Theatre of Refusal, which foregrounded questions of structural racism by juxtaposing works by African-American artists with examples of their reception in mainstream art criticism, in a public talk at Whitechapel Gallery – the video link for which can be found here.
Participants in the masterclass included: Farzana Khan, Sonia Dyer, Rosa Johan Udon, Amrita Dhallu, Ebun Sodipo, Danielle Brathwaite Shirley and Louis Hartnoll.
ICF invitees to the Whitechapel talk included: Zadie Xa, Evariste Maiga, susan pui san lok, Paul Maheke, Barby Asante, Erika Tan, Lisa Anderson, Cynthia Silveira and Samboleap Tol.
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Masterclass participants, Hauser & Wirth, London (2019)
In collaboration with Afterall and Hauser & Wirth, ICF held a masterclass with US-based artist and curator Charles Gaines. During the event, Gaines spoke to a group of invited artists, curators and writers about his artistic practice and his groundbreaking 1993 exhibition The Theatre of Refusal: Black Art and Mainstream Criticism. Gaines also spoke about The Theatre of Refusal, which foregrounded questions of structural racism by juxtaposing works by African-American artists with examples of their reception in mainstream art criticism, in a public talk at Whitechapel Gallery – the video link for which can be found here.
Participants in the masterclass included: Farzana Khan, Sonia Dyer, Rosa Johan Udon, Amrita Dhallu, Ebun Sodipo, Danielle Brathwaite Shirley and Louis Hartnoll.
ICF invitees to the Whitechapel talk included: Zadie Xa, Evariste Maiga, susan pui san lok, Paul Maheke, Barby Asante, Erika Tan, Lisa Anderson, Cynthia Silveira and Samboleap Tol.
![](https://www.internationalcuratorsforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_50d8.jpg)
![](https://www.internationalcuratorsforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_50da.jpg)
Masterclass participants, Hauser & Wirth, London (2019)
Dates:
16 Apr 2019
Location:
London
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