This framed limited edition digital print has been produced by Kettle’s Yard in close collaboration with the artist. The original work was commissioned by Kettle’s Yard for the exhibition Actions. The image of the world can be different, 10^th February to 2^nd April 2018.

During 2017, Manchot worked with a group of Bangladeshi women (‘the Ladies’), who live in Cambridge, to make a series of photographs in iconic settings, including the neo-Gothic Dining Hall at King’s College.

“These beautiful painterly images show the women, dressed in vibrant, traditional dress..The women’s obvious camaraderie overwhelms the obvious incongruity of the settings, bestowing each scene with a quality of grace and comfort familiar from Vermeer paintings of women in interiors. These sensitive and vivid tableaux result from Melanie Manchot’s skill in inspiring trust in her subjects… ” – Sarah Lowndes, in her essay for the ‘Actions book (price £19.95). 

“The works enact relationships between highly authored architectures and a group of Cambridge residents whose presence in these spaces raises questions of belonging and agency. The images are loosely based on works from the history of feminist performance as well as gestures and motifs from painting and archive photographs.” – Melanie Manchot

There are only 30 copies of this limited edition print available from our shop in person or over the phone. The prints are all signed and numbered by the artist and they are mounted in an oak frame.
Price: £295.00
+ £25 UK post

For further information and to purchase a print call us on 01223 748100.

Melanie Manchot was born in Witten, Germany, in 1966. She lives and works in London. Manchot’s diverse and research driven practice employs photography, video, film and sound. Her work ranges from portraiture to participation and performance, to questions of individual and collective identities. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in the UK and internationally.