Loren Hansi Gordon
Curator. Writer. Producer.
Writing
Concerning Symmetry Publication
Essays and artist contributions inspired by a selection of films from the Emile Stipp Collection.
In Your Absence, I Rehearsed You
Text accompanying a solo exhibition by Karl Ohiri, May 2016
Trading Steps
Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom in conversation. First published in C& Interview Issue February 2016
9 Weeks
A collections of conversations with artists and short essays developed from nine weeks in South Africa
Filipe Branquinho, Interior Landscapes (2011-2014)
Published in Telling Time, Rencontres de Bamako 10th edition, exhibition catalogue, November 2015
Uche Okpa-Iroha, The Plantation Boy (2012)
Published in Telling Time, Rencontres de Bamako 10th edition, exhibition catalogue, November 2015
Mudi Yahaya, For Crown and Country (2011)
Published in Telling Time, Rencontres de Bamako 10th edition, exhibition catalogue, November 2015
Kitso L. Lelliott, By and By Some Trace Remains (2015)
Telling Time, Rencontres de Bamako 10th edition, exhibition catalogue, November 2015
The Otolith Group, In the Year of the Quiet Sun (2013)
Telling Time, Rencontres de Bamako 10th edition, exhibition catalogue, November 2015
Nástio Mosquito Ikon Gallery Birmingham
A walk through Mosquito's first solo exhibition. Review first published by Frieze, April 2015
Multidimensional Narratives: Black Chronicles II
A review of Black Chronicles II at Rivington Place, London, September 2014
A Method of Exchange
A conversation with artist Ibrahim Mahama for 'New African', October 2014
The Black Cultural Archives: An Independent Intervention
First published on the Frieze Blog in August 2014 this essay considers the historic context and contemporary importance of the BCA
Here’s to Progress
Reflections on 'Black Artists In British Art' and the opening of the Black Cultural Archives’ purpose-built space in Brixton, London
Njideka Akunyili: The Beautyful ones
A journey through painting, from a conversation with the artist. First published by Contemporary &
Looking Back I: Authentic/ Ex-centric. Africa in and out of Africa, 2001
Published by Contemporary & on occasion of the 2013 Venice Biennale this essay looks back at the presence of art from Africa at Venice
My Granddad’s Car and other works by Karl Ohiri
First published in 'The Mega city and the Noncity' Artbase Africa Issue #1, 2013 this essay is drawn from a studio visit with Karl Ohiri
In My Mother’s Clothes
First published in Hedonist Magazine in 2013 this short essay examines the photographic series In My Mother’s Clothes by Karl Ohiri