Over the summer the In Practice: Andy Warhol series invited three artists to share and explore their practices. Each reflected on the work of Andy Warhol. As the final part of the series, we re-invite those artists and speakers to reflect collectively on their practices. They will question the role of the artist in caring for the communities they engage with through their work.
Taking Andy Warhol’s Ladies and Gentlemen series as a starting point, this panel discussion will explore the details of ethics, positionality, and the occupation of space. It will look to unpack the tensions between visibility, value exchange and the perceived limits of activism within art spaces.
This opportunity is for Tate Collective members only.
The panel
Heather Glazzard
Heather Glazzard's work focuses on tender portraits of the LGBT+ community aswel as self portraiture. Glazzard's work extends to fashion as well as community work shops.
Rianna Jade Parker
Rianna Jade Parker is a critic, curator and researcher based in South London. She studied her MA in Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Previously a Tate Collective Producer, she is a Contributing Editor of Frieze and a founding member of interdisciplinary art collective Thick/er Black Lines.
Ebun Sodipo
Ebun Sodipo is an interdisciplinary artist. They devise new languages and tools with which to imagine and speak about the body and the past, specifically for future black trans people. Their recent work considers the image as a way of uncovering embodied knowledges that connect across time to non-genetic trans ancestors.
Josh Rivers
Josh Rivers is the creator and host of the podcast Busy Being Black. It's a growing collection of queer Black voices that centres conversations with those who have learned - or are learning - to thrive in the intersection of their identities. Josh will moderate the panel discussion.