Lubaina Himid, “The Thin Black Line” 2022. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography. Image courtesy of ICA
On opening day of Connecting Thin Black Lines, members will explore this major exhibition that celebrates 40 years since The Thin Black Line, the groundbreaking group show of young Black and Asian women artists at the ICA in 1985.
Members will enjoy the fresh air and a peer-to-peer mentoring walk in the local park - sharing advice and exchanging stories. We’ll arrive at the ICA for summer drinks and an opportunity to explore the exhibition, introduced by one of the curators. We’ll arrive at the ICA for summer drinks and an opportunity to explore the exhibition, introduced by one of the curators
Meet point and further information to be shared nearer the time.
Please RSVP using the form below. We will confirm your attendance via email.
Please note that by entering the event site, you agree to be filmed or photographed, which may be used for marketing or promotional purposes. For accessibility requests, please email the team in advance.
About the Exhibit: Connecting Thin Black Lines,
Presenting work by the original artists Brenda Agard, Sutapa Biswas, Sonia Boyce, Chila Kumari Singh Burman, Jennifer Comrie, Himid, Claudette Johnson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan, Marlene Smith and Maud Sulter, the exhibition features new commissions as well as artworks made over the past four decades.
In the early 1980s Himid curated three landmark exhibitions of young Black and Asian women artists, positioning their practices at the fore of debates in the British art world: Five Black Women, Africa Centre (1983), Black Woman Time Now, Battersea Arts Centre (1983 – 84), The Thin Black Line, ICA (1985 – 86). Developing within the wider discourse surrounding the British Black Arts Movement, these exhibitions platformed female artists, highlighting the intersections between race and gender. Forty years since the original presentation, Connecting Thin Black Lines seeks to expand contemporary interpretations and conversations around the practices of these eleven artists today.
