The exhibition will run at the gallery from the 17th March until the 5th September 2027.
The Whitechapel Gallery has announced Through Holes in the Clouds: Artists and the Postcolonial Imagination as its spring/summer exhibition, which will take over its public spaces.
It aims to explores the reverberations of British colonialism and its after-lives through the lens of two generations of artists from across the globe. Artists whose work will be involved with the show include: Frank Bowling, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Richard Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, Runa Islam, Mohammed Joha, Nasreen Mohamedi, Sam Ntiro, Mohammed Sami, Larissa Sansour, Yinka Shonibare, F.N. Souza and Ala Younis.
In a year that marks the 80th anniversary of the partition of British India and the creation of India and Pakistan, this exhibition provides a timely moment to reflect not just on the historical and political legacy of the British Empire, but on the complex effects of rupture, re-membering and reimagining.
Through modern, contemporary art and across generations, geographies and practices, Through Holes in the Clouds explores the break in regimes of visual and political representation provoked by the struggles for independence, while exploring how the aftermath of empire continues to shape the world we inhabit today.
Through Holes in the Clouds features over 80 paintings, drawings, sculptures, films, photographs and installations and explores the ongoing and far-reaching impact of British imperialism through the work of a range of artists with specific links to, or perspectives on, the British Empire and its after-lives.
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