BEGIN AGAIN : As society shifts, the art world shifts. We are on the cusp of change.

13 - 27 Aug 2020

Overview

This is a time to stop, reflect, create dialogue, and put our words into positive action. To begin again we must shoulder each other, listen to each other, work together and collectively change together. As the newest generation of art collectors, we urge you to collect from this exhibition. The revenue made will support The Free Black University and the newest generation of artists.

Begin

to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of some action; commence; start

Again

once more; another time; anew; in addition

With many thanks to Lotte Andersen for her continuous support throughout this exhibition, and to Pallas Citroen, Director of The Bomb Factory Art Foundation. Who is kindly providing a free gallery space as part of The Guts Prize.

COLLECT ARTWORK

All exhibiting artwork will be for sale, and available to purchase via a pdf catalogue request. We offer interest-free payment plans to facilitate a more manageable process, that is custom to the individual. Please email ellie@gutsgallery.co.uk to enquire.

All sales will be split as follows:

50% to the Artists

45% to The Free Black University

5% to cover Guts admin expenses

We understand you may not have the funds to buy some of the artwork. Please click the button below, which will take you straight to The Free Black University fundraiser. Any contribution will be appreciated, however small.

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EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Shadi Al-Atallah

Emily Andersen

Lydia Blakeley

Joe Bloom

Victoria Cantons

Douglas Cantor

Pallas Citroen

Robert Cooper

Rayvenn D'Clark

Shezad Dawood

Woody De Othello⠀

Jeremy Deller

Ruby Dickson

Rhea Dillon

Lucia Ferrari

Emma Fineman

Miranda Forrester

Amymay George

Jake Grewal

Alia Hamaoui

Andrew Hart

Ashley Holmes

Florence Hutchings

Yulia Iosilzon

Rachel Isabel

Januario Jano

Alfie Kungu

Thomas Langley

Alonso Leon-Velarde

Rosa Luetchford

Hamed Maiye

Polly Morgan

Emily Moore

Alvin Ong

Daisy Parris

Kazim Rashid

Elsa Rouy

Prem Sahib

Zeinab Saleh

Tanoa Sasraku

Valerie Savchits

Brett Charles Seiler

Corbin Shaw

Olivia Sterling

Sophie Vallance

Gray Wielebinski

Salome Wu

Michaela Yearwood-Dan

THE FREE BLACK UNI

"Education is at the heart of growth and transformation in our society. Today we stand at a critical juncture in our collective history – things cannot continue the same after this moment. It is imperative we focus on what the production of knowledge looks like after this point.

The Free Black University is a hub for radical and transformative knowledge production. The fight to decolonise education has been going on for years and it has become ever clearer that more is required than what the current education system can offer. Universities hold a deep responsibility when it comes to racism, the knowledge that introduced the very ideology of racism into our society was born in British Universities.

The Free Black University exists to re-distribute knowledge and act as a space of incubation for the creation of transformative knowledge in the Black community. We firmly believe education should centre Black people healing and it should be free, anti-colonial, and accessible to all – so we will provide it.
This project also brings climate justice to the fore as we recognise the relationship between the climate crisis and colonialism. Climate justice will run through all of the threads of our work as we centre structural and holistic approaches to preserving the world we all live in.

We MUST engage critical thought in the wider mission for liberation and freedom, the world is ever changing, and the thought leaders of the next generation need deep and transformational spaces to develop their thinking in the face of the present challenges."

- Melz Owusu

@freeblackuni

@melzdot

TALKS

We are excited to host a series of talks as part of the online exhibition 'Begin Again'. We are handing over the platform to these talented and powerful speakers. They will be given a day to take over the Guts Gallery Instagram Stories and will host a talk that evening via Instagram Live or Zoom.

PRIVATE VIEW

A mass post of all exhibiting works will happen at 6 pm on the 13th August on the Guts Gallery Instagram account. We want you to engage with the works as you would in a physical space. For this reason, we are posting all artworks simultaneously, allowing you to like, comment, share and view the artwork in one time and space.

GUTS PRIZE

Each artist will vote for three of their fellow exhibiting artists that they think deserve to win The Guts Gallery Prize. The artists with the most votes will win a solo exhibition at The Bomb Factory Art Foundation in London. We opted for this method, not only to determine the winner, but also to encourage open collaboration between the artists as they vote to support each other's practices. The winner will be announced on 27th August.

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