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Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings: Portraits

Exhibitions

Starts: 4 February 2023

Ends: 4 June 2023

In Spring 2023, The Box exhibited a new presentation of drawings, etchings and films by Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings. These were grounded in research into how various communities have been represented at different moments in history. The works were linked by ideas of power and authority, seen through the lens of class, social relations and the state. More about the exhibition that was displayed is below.

This exhibition has now closed.

Quinlan & Hastings continually produce thought-provoking work that establishes relationships between notions of belonging, institutional power and the safety of the LGBTQ+ community through lived experiences. In this exhibition they interrogate what a community is and investigate ideas of belonging and self-recognition.

In 2020/21 The Box acquired two important works by them – a diptych drawing and a video work. Both acquisitions will be on display. Although contemporary, they resonate with our historic collections – from the old master drawings in our Cottonian Collection and the films in our moving image archive, to the material we’ve been collecting over the last decade relating to the city’s LGBTQ+ community.

Links

Use these links to discover more about Quinlan & Hastings’ work:

Image credit: Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings, I’m not a woman I’m a conservative, 2021 (detail). Photograph: Rob Harris/Courtesy: The Artists and Arcadia Missa, London.