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SUMMARY:Bonington Vitrines #25: Donald Rodney in Nottingham
DESCRIPTION:Donald Rodney (b.1961\, d.1998) studied at Nottingham Trent Polytechnic\, now Nottingham Trent University\, between 1981 and 1985. Here\, Rodney’s practice moved from painting to an experimental multimedia approach\, through which he established an artistic language addressing subjects including racial identity\, Black masculinity\, chronic illness\, and Britain’s colonial past. \n\n\n\nSketchbooks were an integral part of Donald Rodney’s practice from 1982 onwards. His sketchbooks contain: preliminary studies for artworks\, records of past exhibitions and various writings; glimpses of Rodney’s diverse personal\, cultural\, social\, and political influences. This vitrine exhibition collates archival material to present a snapshot of Rodney’s time as a student in Nottingham\, amid his involvement with local\, national\, and global socio-political discourses. Rodney began using sketchbooks at the age of twenty-two as a student\, and he filled forty-eight sketchbooks by the time of his death in 1998 from complications related to sickle cell disease. \n\n\n\nRodney met fellow artist Keith Piper at Nottingham Trent Polytechnic\, and together they moved in with electronics student Gary Stewart. At their address — 3 Lindsey Walk\, Hyson Green Flats — Rodney\, Piper\, and Stewart provided a meeting place for artists\, writers\, makers\, and thinkers: fellow students\, local community members\, and persons from their national networks. The BLK Art Group was also formed by Rodney and fellow students in 1983\, using 3 Lindsey Walk as its address. The BLK Art Group was a collective of young Black artists and curators who exhibited primarily in Birmingham and London. This was an important and necessary group\, but BLK Art Group has also been retrospectively attached to activities by British artists in the 1980s who were not affiliated with the collective. This attachment has been critiqued as a reduction and conflation of an important reality: that there were many unique\, different\, and individual Black British artists working across the UK long before The BLK Art Group\, throughout the 1980s\, and\, of course\, far beyond and into the present day.  \n\n\n\nRodney\, and fellow students\, also engaged in artistic activity outside of Nottingham Trent Polytechnic\, by organising exhibitions\, conferences\, talks\, and events across the midlands and nationally. These included The First National Black Art Convention of 1982\, at Wolverhampton Polytechnic\, and Pan-Afrikan Connection\, which involved a series of exhibitions in Bristol\, Nottingham\, Coventry\, and London between 1982-1983. \n\n\n\nFor further insight into Donald Rodney’s life and art\, please visit Donald Rodney: Visceral Canker at Nottingham Contemporary until 5 January 2025. This exhibition includes all of Donald Rodney’s surviving artworks including painting\, drawing\, and installation\, as well as sculpture and digital media. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition has been curated by Joshua Lockwood-Moran with the exhibitions team at Nottingham Contemporary. \n\n\n\n			\n\n				\n					\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation View\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Image of Donald Rodney during his time at Nottingham Polytechnic\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Publications about the flats in Hyson Green where Donald lived\n			\n				\n				Publications which Donal Rodney contributed to\n			\n				\n				Still from  archive film\, interview tih Marline Smith\, Eddie Chambers\, and Shakka Dedi\n			\n				\n				Still from Donald Rodney – A Prctice Unfolding\n			\n				\n				Still from  archive film\, interview tih Marline Smith\, Eddie Chambers\, and Shakka Dedi\n			\n				\n				Extracts from Donald Rodney's early sketchbooks\n			\n				\n				Extracts from Donald Rodney's early sketchbooks\n			\n				\n				Copy of Root magazine\, by Joseph Oulbo and the Pan-Afrikan Convention\n			\n				\n				Copies of ACNA news publication\n			\n				\n				Donald Rodney's degree show catalogue entry from 1985\n			\n				\n				Surviving Art School publication by Nottingham Contemporary \n			\n				\n				Potoroids from student parties attended by Donald Rodney and his friends\n			\n				\n				Potoroids from student parties attended by Donald Rodney and his friends\n			\n				\n\n			\n			\n				\n					\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation View\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Image of Donald Rodney during his time at Nottingham Polytechnic\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Publications about the flats in Hyson Green where Donald lived\n			\n				\n				Publications which Donal Rodney contributed to\n			\n				\n				Still from  archive film\, interview tih Marline Smith\, Eddie Chambers\, and Shakka Dedi\n			\n				\n				Still from Donald Rodney – A Prctice Unfolding\n			\n				\n				Still from  archive film\, interview tih Marline Smith\, Eddie Chambers\, and Shakka Dedi\n			\n				\n				Extracts from Donald Rodney's early sketchbooks\n			\n				\n				Extracts from Donald Rodney's early sketchbooks\n			\n				\n				Copy of Root magazine\, by Joseph Oulbo and the Pan-Afrikan Convention\n			\n				\n				Copies of ACNA news publication\n			\n				\n				Donald Rodney's degree show catalogue entry from 1985\n			\n				\n				Surviving Art School publication by Nottingham Contemporary \n			\n				\n				Potoroids from student parties attended by Donald Rodney and his friends\n			\n				\n				Potoroids from student parties attended by Donald Rodney and his friends\n			\n				\n\n				\n					\n				\n				\n					\n				\n			\n		\n\n\nLaunch event \n\n\n\nJoin us for the launch of this exhibition and After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989 – 2024 on Thursday 26 September 2024\, 6 – 8 pm. Book your free ticket now.
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