Digital Exhibition

Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

Explore Masculinities: Liberation through Photography through our online exhibition guide, a curatorial introduction and other digital material.

Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Untitled, ca. 1985 — Lee Mingwei, *Fabric of Memory*, 2020
Photo: Laura Fiorio

Masculinities in 15 Minutes | Curatorial Tour with Alona Pardo

Introduction to the exhibition

The curator Alona Pardo (Barbican Centre, London), gives an introduction to the exhibition Masculinities: Liberation through Photography. The six chapters of the temporarily closed group exhibition are presented with selected works.

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Exhibition Guide

Explore the group exhibition Masculinities: Liberation through Photography online and learn more about the exhibition chapters.

Karlheinz Weinberger, Horseshoe Buckle, 1962

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Accompanying Glossary

From hypermasculinity to queerness: Our accompanying glossary briefly explains central terms of the exhibition and their context.

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Cassils in conversation

In this conversation transmasculine artist Cassils reflects on bodies as material in their work and how we can find strength through collaboration.

Behind the Screen | Cassils

Video lecture

In this video lecture transmasculine performance artist and bodybuilder Cassils revisits their body transformation shown in Time Lapse(2011), which is part of our show Masculinities: Liberation through Photography. Cassils touches upon their experiences with illness, workout regimes, medical history and trans representation.

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Image Gallery

Sam Contis, Chest, 2015. From the series *Deep Springs*, 2017. © Sam Contis, Courtesy: the artist and Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York

Sam Contis, Eggs, 2015. From the series *Deep Springs*, 2017. © Sam Contis, Courtesy: the artist and Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York

Larry Sultan, Fixing the Vacuum, 1991. From the series *Pictures from Home*, 1992, estate of Larry Sultan, Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco, and Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne. © MACK

Larry Sultan, Practicing Golf Swing, 1986 . From the series *Pictures from Home*, 1992, estate of Larry Sultan, Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco, and Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne. © MACK

Adi Nes, Untitled, 1996, from the series “Soldiers”, 1994–2000. Courtesy: the artist and Praz-Delavallade Paris, Los Angeles

Adi Nes, Untitled, 1996, aus der Serie „Soldiers”, 1994–2000 — Adi Nes, Untitled, 1996, from the series “Soldiers”, 1994–2000. Courtesy: the artist and Praz-Delavallade Paris, Los Angeles

Aneta Bartos, Apple, 2017. From the series *Family Portrait*, 2015–18. © Aneta Bartos

Aneta Bartos, Scythe, 2016. From the series *Family Portrait*, 2015–18. © Aneta Bartos

Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Darkroom (_1980967), 2016. © Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Courtesy: the artist and team (gallery, inc.), New York

Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Darkroom Mirror (_2080162), 2017. © Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Courtesy: the artist and team (gallery, inc.), New York

Hal Fischer, Street Fashion: Jock, from the series “Gay Semiotics”, 1977/2016. carbon pigment print, original dimensions of the picture: approx. 76.2 x 61 cm; framed: 79 x 63.6 x 3 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Project Native Informant London

Samuel Fosso, Self-portrait from the series “70s Lifestyle”, 1975–78. © Samuel Fosso, Courtesy: Jean Marc Patras, Paris

Karen Knorr, Newspapers are no longer ironed, Coins no longer boiled So far have Standards fallen, 1981–83. © Karen Knorr, Courtesy: Tate; Gifted by Eric and Louise Franck London Collection 2013

Sunil Gupta, Untitled 22. From the series *Christopher Street*, 1976. © Sunil Gupta & VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019, Courtesy: the artist & Hales Gallery

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Gropius Bau · Loren Britton: Masc*4 No Category

Masculinites: Berlin Perspectives | Mix tape by Loren Britton

Further material for the exhibition

The mix tape titled Masc* for No Category crosses through and resonates alongside the exhibition Masculinities: Liberation through Photography. Troubling categorical and archetypical representations of masculinities, Loren Britton, interdisciplinary artist and thinker, follows re-representations of patriarchal masculinity in and outside of the exhibition.

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On Masculinities

In this text, curator Alona Pardo introduces the main themes of the exhibition Masculinities: Liberation through Photography.

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Family poster

What can, what may, what should masculinity be? In order to shed light on these and other questions, an accompanying family poster has been created.

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Reading Group: Bodies that Matter

Offering the opportunity to collaboratively read and discuss texts, a reading group accompanied the exhibition Masculinities: Liberation through Photography.