In Conversation
Tyler Mitchell and Zoé Whitley
Tyler Mitchell sat down with Zoé Whitley, director at Chisenhale Gallery in London, for a conversation as part of Frieze Masters Talks and in partnership with Gagosian. The two discussed Mitchell’s first solo presentation in London and with the gallery, Chrysalis, on view earlier this fall at Gagosian, Davies Street, London, and a special commission for Frieze Masters 2022 that reflected on his conceptual and editorial photography practices. His work reinterprets the tropes employed in both the Western canon of portraiture and the contemporary fashion magazine.
Tyler Mitchell: This Side of Paradise
Brendan Embser reports on his encounter with Tyler Mitchell’s newest series of photographs, addressing their aesthetic motifs and art-historical references, while charting the development of these works in relation to the photographer’s earlier projects.
Social Works II: Tyler Mitchell | A New Landscape
Tyler Mitchell speaks with Antwaun Sargent about Black representation, the diversity of Southern landscapes, and the importance of play in his new series of photographs. The conversation forms part of “Social Works II,” a supplement guest edited by Sargent for the Winter 2021 issue of the Quarterly.
Fairs, Events & Announcements
Art Fair
Paris Photo 2023
Still Life Stilled
November 9–12, 2023, booth b10
Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris
www.parisphoto.com
Gagosian is pleased to participate in Paris Photo 2023 at the Grand Palais Éphémère. Still Life Stilled is a catalytic presentation, organized by Joshua Chuang, of historical and contemporary works that explore photography’s unique capacity to both invest inanimate tableaux with substance and find meaning in suspending the theater of life.
Gagosian’s booth at Paris Photo 2023. Artwork, left to right: © Man Ray 2015 Trust/ADAGP, Paris 2023; ©️ Estate of Jan Groover; © Kwame Brathwaite; © Jeff Wall; © 2023 June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation; © Tyler Mitchell. Photo: Thomas Lannes
Visit
V&A Friday Late
Tyler Mitchell: Indelible Images
Friday, October 28, 2022, 6:30pm–10pm
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
www.vam.ac.uk
Tyler Mitchell guest curates the October Friday Late at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, by transforming the museum into a space for viewers to engage with images in new and unexpected ways. The event is the latest iteration of Night at the Cinema, a twenty-four-hour online film festival initiated by Mitchell during the COVID-19 pandemic and live-streamed from his computer desktop to viewers around the world. The evening will be a celebration of Mitchell’s unique ability to bring communities together through film and visual culture. Friday Late celebrates contemporary visual culture and design, gathering audiences together with artists and designers through live performance, film, installation, debate, DJ sets, and more. The event is free and open to the public.
Tyler Mitchell’s commission for Frieze Masters 2022. Artwork © Tyler Mitchell. Photo: Lucy Dawkins
Art Fair
Frieze Masters 2022
Tyler Mitchell
October 12–16, 2022
Regent’s Park, London
frieze.com
Tyler Mitchell is presenting a special project at Frieze Masters 2022, marking the first time Frieze has commissioned contemporary artwork to be featured in the fair. In photographs, works on fabric and mirror, and a new installation—Altar I (2022)—Mitchell reflects on historical motifs in the context of an Edenic vision of Black beauty and desire. Mitchell’s photos, shot on location in upstate New York and in studios in New York and London, explore the relationship between young Black men and landscape. The Frieze Masters Commission is presented with additional support from Gagosian.
Tyler Mitchell’s commission for Frieze Masters 2022. Artwork © Tyler Mitchell. Photo: Lucy Dawkins