The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion

Part of the inaugural Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar.

Tickets must be purchased online in advance of your visit.

The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion shows the work of African and African Diaspora image-makers based in creative centres including London and New York, and emerging fashion, design and photography hubs including Lagos and Johannesburg. Curated by Antwaun Sargent, American art critic and author of the book The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion (2019), organized by Aperture Foundation in New York in collaboration with Tasweer’s Artistic Director Charlotte Cotton with Sarah Foryame Lawler, Curatorial Assistant at Qatar Museums, the exhibition celebrates contemporary Black creativity and the cross-pollination between art, fashion and culture in constructing an image. It also presents new perspectives on the medium of photography and the notions of race and beauty, gender and power. 

The exhibition includes works by Campbell Addy, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Micaiah Carter, Awol Erizku, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Renell Medrano, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel, Dana Scruggs, and Stephen Tayo. It will be presented as part of the 2021 Qatar-United States Year of Culture; a multifaceted exchange that fosters dialogue and mutual appreciation among the people of Qatar and a partner nation, this year the USA, through a programme of dynamic cultural events and activations.