Hales is delighted to announce that the Sharjah Art Foundation have acquired works from Sunil Gupta's 1986 series, Reflections of the Black Experience.
Over a career spanning more than four decades, Gupta has maintained a visionary approach to photography, producing bodies of work that are pioneering in their social and political commentary. The artist's experience of multiple cultures informs a practice dedicated to themes of race, migration and identity - his own lived experience a point of departure for photographic projects, born from a desire to see himself and others like him represented in art history.
Black Experience is a key body of work that gives insight to a specific time in British history and culture. Gupta's personal and political engagement with the subject is of great importance, he states: "Politically, this has been the most important project that I have ever participated in. It brought me into contact with grassroots politics and the inner workings of local political power, and it gave me a sense of the body politic in which my personal interests in photography could play a part."
To learn more about Sharjah Art Foundation and its Collection visit its website and Collection resources page, here.
September 2, 2024
