Rotimi fani kayode photographs by sarah

Light Work, in partnership with Autograph ABP, is pleased to present Rotimi Fani-Kayode (), a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in s black British and African contemporary art.

Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34, Fani-Kayode nonetheless remains one of the most significant names in the history of black photography.

Curated in collaboration with Mark Sealy and Renée Mussai of Autograph ABP, whose co-founder and first Chair was Rotimi Fani-Kayode, the exhibition features a selection of his most important photographic works produced between , including large-scale color works and arresting black and white images.

Fani-Kayode’s photographic portraits explore complex personal and politically-engaged notions of desire, spirituality, and cultural dislocation. They depict the black male body as a focal point both to interpret and probe the boundaries of spiritual and erotic fantasy, and of cultural and sexual