Arts & artists Archives — Whitechapel LDN

A painting of the view from the Idea Store, Whitechapel.

'Rooftops over Whitechapel,' © Marc Gooderham

Painter Marc Gooderham: pausing the bustling streets of Whitechapel

January 21, 2022January 27, 2022 Gulistan Elidemir 106 Views 0 Comments Features 2 min read

Marc Gooderham’s paintings of Whitechapel and the East End provide a moment of stillness to appreciate our city architecture hidden

Tracey Emin, The Ship, 2019

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Whitechapel Gallery announces Tracey Emin as the Art Icon 2022 recipient

January 14, 2022January 27, 2022 Gulistan Elidemir 87 Views 0 Comments News 2 min read

The East London based artist is known for her autobiographical and expressive artwork that has been featured in Charles Saatchi’s

The infectious smile of Rahemur Rahman, sitting inside the installation he created with collaborating artists.

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My Home, My Bari: Rebuilding the loss of home through community

December 30, 2021January 5, 2022 Gulistan Elidemir 117 Views 0 Comments Features 6 min read

British-Bangladeshi fashion designer Rahemur Rahman’s My Home My Bari exhibition explores the theme of home, what it means to be

Shot of the Bell Foundry entrance, Whitechapel Road.

This picture depicts a high street shot of the entrance on 32–34 Whitechapel Road. Although the windows are on display, it seems as though the premise is empty, almost as though nothing exists past the door, echoing its consequential end. © John Claridge, 1982

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Photographer John Claridge: remembering the Whitechapel Bell Foundry

December 10, 2021December 16, 2021 Gulistan Elidemir 147 Views 0 Comments Features 3 min read

Remembering the legacy of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry through photographer John Claridge’s photos taken in 1982 and 2016. The manufacturing

My Home, My Bari room installation featuring 1970s interior design, by Rahemur Rahman and his students.

The main installation features wallpaper designed by the students using block printing and screen printing, and traditional Bengali bangles hung side-to-side. © Kois Miah

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My Home, My Bari exhibition: Celebrating the British Bangladeshi experience in London

December 2, 2021January 5, 2022 Gulistan Elidemir 231 Views 0 Comments News 2 min read

Walk into a 1970s British-Bengali home through the immersive My Home, My Bari exhibition created by local fashion designer, Rahemur

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Photographer Syd Shelton on the vanishing East End and what it is becoming today

November 2, 2021November 3, 2021 Gulistan Elidemir 155 Views 0 Comments Features 8 min read

Syd Shelton shares his ‘lifelong commitment’ of trying to ‘reinvent the caricature of East Enders’ through his photographs The streets

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Vanished East End exhibition at Tower Hamlets Archive Library

September 20, 2021October 11, 2021 Gulistan Elidemir 179 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

Get a glimpse of the industrial landscape of the East End during the 1970s and 1980s at the Vanished East