November 22, 2022

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: Chrysalis, Gagosian, Davies Street, London, October 6–November 12, 2022

Artw0rk © Tyler Mitchell; video: Emma Charles; camera: Figure Film

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