The Legacies of Maud Sulter

Lecture by Deborah Cherry
Thursday 17th October at Street Level Photoworks
Maud Sulter (1960--2008) was an award-winning artist and writer of Scottish and Ghanaian heritage who lived and worked in Britain. Sulter won critical praise for her bold, experimental photographs with their sensual splendour and inventive image construction that interrogated and reinvented the visual imagery of black women. This pioneering vision extended to her curating, writing and publishing. What are the legacies today of her innovative multi media practice?
Deborah Cherry is Professor of Art History at the University of the Arts London, and Deputy Director of TrAIN, the university's research centre on Transnational Art and Nation. She has written extensively on the art and curating of Maud Sulter.
This talk was the first public outcome of a curatorial research project being undertaken by Deborah and Ajamu, funded by Arts Council England. It is part of an Autograph ABP / Street Level Photoworks partnership, in association with TrAIN. Part of Autograph ABP and Street Level Photoworks' ongoing research into Maud Sulter's work and legacy.