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Thandiwe Muriu: Self-expression through photography and fabric-making
Thandiwe Muriu’s third solo exhibition at 193 Gallery, Paris, showcased photographs of Kenyan women styled and framed using bold, tie-dyed fabrics. Carol Ann Dixon discusses how the resulting optical illusions created within these images serve as canvases through which to reflect on issues of identity, heritage, social change and female empowerment.
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Nigerian Modernism: Art and Independence
Carol Ann Dixon’s illustrated review of the exhibition on Nigerian Modernism (Tate Modern, London), curated by Osei Bonsu. This reflective narrative appraises the oeuvres, philosophies and art-political activities of selected individuals, collectives and artists’ networks noted for their influential contributions to artistic modernism in Nigeria – and internationally – throughout the 20th century.
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Hew Locke: What have we here? – A review of the British Museum exhibition examining Empire and its afterlives
Carol Ann Dixon’s exhibition review of ‘Hew Locke: What have we here?’ – a thought-provoking examination of British Empire history, considered through the thematic assemblage of selected artefacts, archival documents and contemporary sculptural installations. This collaborative research initiative developed over two years, co-curated by Hew Locke and Indra Khanna.
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Documentary Film on 19th Century British Portraiture
The portraiture documentary “Who is ‘The Black Boy’?” (2024) was recorded at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool. This c.10-minute film features piece-to-camera narratives discussing an 1844 painting, co-presented by producer Kate Haselden, curators Miles Greenwood and Alex Scott, painting conservator Rebecca Kench and cultural geographer Dr Carol Ann Dixon.
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Undoing 2007; Preparing for 2038: Reflections on the Making Freedom Exhibition and Emancipation 1838 Project
Dr Carol Ann Dixon’s illustrated review of the heritage conference and community conversation, “Undoing 2007; Preparing for 2038,” held at The Exchange, Birmingham, on 1 June 2024. This interdisciplinary gathering of researchers, memory workers, community advocates and rights campaigners was convened and chaired by Dr Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman (University of Birmingham).
