Ten.8 afterimage

Image: Franklyn Rodgers, Monolith 1, 1992. Courtesy the artist. 

Ten.8 afterimage, curated by @pelumi.odubanjo, explores the legacy and enduring impact of Ten.8 (1979–1992), a photography journal that emerged from the Midlands’ radical cultural and political landscape. Ten.8 played a key role in shaping critical debates about representation and the politics of photography.

The exhibition brings photographic works produced in the 1980s and 1990s into dialogue with more recent artworks, bringing into focus key considerations raised by Ten.8 across the subjects of visibility, power, and representation.

It features a newly commissioned work by British Ghanaian visual artist Heather Agyepong, alongside works by Ajamu X, Dawoud Bey, Zarina Bhimji, Derek Bishton, Brian Homer & John Reardon, JEB (Joan E. Biren), Vanley Burke, Chila Kumari Singh Burman, Gon Buurman, Renee Cox, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Latoya Ruby Frazier, Joy Gregory, Sunil Gupta, George Hallett, Claudette Holmes, Roshini Kempadoo, Dave Lewis, Cynthia MaiWa Sitei, Masterji, Ming de Nasty, Ingrid Pollard, Franklyn Rodgers, Donald Rodney, Jamel Shabazz, Lorna Simpson, Jo Spence (in collaboration with Rosy Martin), James Van Der Zee, Maxine Walker, Carrie Mae Weems and Deborah Willis.

Ten.8 afterimage was organised by @icf__ in collaboration with @thenewartgallerywalsall.

📍 New Art Gallery Walsall

Walsall

Until 13 September 2026

Free entry

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