May 16 – May 25, 2024
Opening reception:
Thursday, May 16, 2024
6 – 8 PM
Brian Paul Clamp of CLAMP and Ghislain Pascal of the Little Black Gallery are pleased to present “Uncensored,” an exhibition of photographs by AdeY.
This is the final stop in AdeY’s “Uncensored” world tour which has been exhibited in Los Angeles (Galerie XII), London (The Little Black Gallery), Stockholm (Fotografiska), and Falsterbo, Sweden (Falsterbo Photo Art Museum).
The British-Swedish artist’s real name, age, and place of residence are unknown. AdeY left a career as a professional dancer, something evident in the photographs which combine photography, choreography, and performance.
“I began taking photographs when I worked as a professional dancer and felt the need to erase what I had done before to be taken seriously. People doubt you when you change art forms. I also do not want people to focus on my background but rather my new body of work,” says AdeY.
The forms of the exhibition “Uncensored” began to take shape in 2015–2016, when AdeY, during a period of intense travel, was struck by the sexualization of bodies in advertising images. Then and there an idea was born to depict the body as “only” a body, without reducing it into a sexualized symbol. The images in the exhibit are playful and experimental with bodies often shown in choreographed poses or formations. The viewer is given the right to interpret the images as they wish, which is an important part of AdeY’s intent.
“We are happy to continue to support emerging artists like AdeY, whose photographs of bodies illustrate emotions of strength, solitude, and vulnerability,” says Brian Paul Clamp of CLAMP.