Tyler Mitchell & Zoé Whitley | Frieze Masters Podcast
Exploring Mitchell’s new exhibition, Chrysalis, at Gagosian, and a special commission for this year’s edition of Frieze Masters. Presented in partnership with Gagosian
Exploring Mitchell’s new exhibition, Chrysalis, at Gagosian, and a special commission for this year’s edition of Frieze Masters. Presented in partnership with Gagosian
Frieze Masters presents this conversation with Tyler Mitchell & Zoé Whitley in partnership with Gagosian (@gagosian). Their conversation explores Mitchell’s new exhibition, Chrysalis, at Gagosian, and a special commission for this year’s edition of Frieze Masters that reflects on his conceptual and editorial photography practices. His work is rooted in reinterpreting the tropes employed in both the Western canon of portraiture and landscape, as well as contemporary fashion photography.
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Sitting at the metaphorical edges of these pictures is this idea of what was socially denied and what was not psychologically available to Black folks; this idea of hypervigilance and the ability to exist freely or not exist freely in public space, specifically in America. These works glean into that tone...Chrysalis is about cocooning away from the world –Tyler Mitchell
Tyler Mitchell (@tylersphotos) is an artist, photographer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. Zoé Whitley (@zoe.whitley) is Director of the Chisenhale Gallery, London, having previously worked as a curator for the V&A, Tate and Hayward Gallery.
Find works discussed in this episode below.
Tyler Mitchell, Cage II, 2022, Archival pigment print, 50 x 40 7/16 inches (127 x 102.7 cm) unframed, Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, New Horizons, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, 50 x 40 1/4 inches (127 x 102.2 cm) unframed, Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, Flying Country, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, 20 x 16 1/4 inches (50.8 x 41.3 cm) unframed, Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, New Horizons II, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, 50 x 40 7/8 inches (127 x 103.8 cm) unframed, Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, The Aviator, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, 50 x 40 1/2 inches (127 x 102.9 cm) unframed), Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, New Horizons III, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, 50 x 40 5/16 inches (127 x 102.4 cm) unframed, Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, Iridescent, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm) unframed, Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, Sunday Afternoon, 2022, Archival pigment print, 24 x 19 3/16 inches (61 x 48.7 cm) unframed, Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, Don’t give me no itty bitty tiny tub, I need the whole entire complete deep blue sea!, 2022, Archival pigment print, 40 x 49 3/4 inches (101.6 x 126.4 cm) unframed, Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, Fly Away, 2022, Archival pigment print, 20 x 16 1/8 inches (50.8 x 41 cm) Unframed, Editionof3+2AP, courtesy of the Artist
Tyler Mitchell, Cage, 2022, Archival pigment print, 50x40in.(127x101.6cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, Tenderly, 2022, Archival pigment print, 20x16in.(50.8x40.6cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, Chrysalis, 2022, Archival pigment print, 50 x 45 13/16 in. (127 x 116.4 cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, Rapture, 2022, Archival pigment print, 50x40in.(127x101.6cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, Simply Fragile, 2022, Archival pigment print, 50x40in.(127x101.6cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, The Heart, 2022 Archival pigment print, 20 x 16 1/16 in. (50.8 x 40.8 cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, Treading, 2022, Archival pigment print, 50x40in.(127x101.6cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, Distillation, 2022, Archival pigment print, 16 3/16 x 20 in. (41.1 x 50.8 cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, A Glint of Possibility, 2022, Archival pigment print, 50x40in.(127x101.6cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, Self Decoration (#1), 2022, Archival pigment print, 16x12in.(40.6x30.5cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, Self Decoration (#2), 2022 Archival pigment print, 16x12in.(40.6x30.5cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
Tyler Mitchell, Flotation, 2022, Archival pigment print, 20 x 16.04 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm), Edition of 3 with 2 APs, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian
About the Frieze Masters Podcast
Exploring themes of identity, originality, geopolitics and Blackness through a historical lens, the new Frieze Masters Podcast is now available. Bringing together some of today’s most celebrated artists, art historians and curators, the podcast launches with the Talks programme from the 2022 edition of Frieze Masters – one of the world’s leading art fairs – and offers compelling insight into the influence of historical art on contemporary perspectives and creativity.
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Main image: Tyler Mitchell, Cage II, 2022, archival pigment print, 127 × 102.7 cm. Courtesy: the artist and Gagosian Gallery
