GALLERY • ARTIST
“Brc’s arcîv z partli in stōrij at ɖ Lîbrri v Brmñm, bt most v it z t b faund in hiz flat in Nīćlz, nir Brmñm’z sitīsentr, in fîlñcabiṇts or boxz or on dsple. It z an xtrordnri intirịr, a cabiṇt v wundrfl krioṣtiz. Ɖs z an xbiśn, mr or ls, v its intîr contents – ɖ arcîv wɖ artwrcs n sūvnirz, az wel az dêcor n frnićr, wordrob, cićnwer etsetra – so ɖt ɖ artist z rvild az a subjict v hiz ôn inqîri. Vanli Brc’s prsnl stori, involvñ sć a vîtl arcîvl impuls, z intgṛl t ɖ bgr picćr h z mcñ fr s, on ɖs oceźn wɖ ɖ help v mni uɖrz.”
Vanley Burke in the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Photo: David Sillitoe
Photo: David Sillitoe
Photo: David Sillitoe
Photo: David Sillitoe
Young Girls Sitting on a Wall, Handsworth, 1991
Handsworth Disturbance, 1985
Boys on a See-Saw, Handsworth Park, 1984
Wasiffa Sound System, Handsworth Park in 1983
African Liberation Day march through Handsworth, 1977
Africa Liberation Day march through Handsworth, 1977
African Liberation Day in Handsworth Park, 1977
Day Trip to Skegness, 1975
Baptism, from Handsworth From Inside series, 1968-1982
Wedding, from Handsworth From Inside series, 1968-82
Vanley Burke TELEGRAPH 14 August 2015
BBC 21 July 2015
Hannah Ellis-Peterson GUARDIAN 21 July 2015
Graham Young BIRMINGHAM MAIL 18 July 2015
FUSED 2 June 2015
