Nocturnal Creatures: Family Values

Enjoy a late opening for the last weekend of the exhibition Family Values: Polish Photography Now, exploring themes of family, identity and home  in the context of social and political change, as part of Whitechapel Gallery‘s Nocturnal Creatures.

Nocturnal Creatures is a new, free festival, for one night only.  It brings together performance, video, sculpture and sound on Saturday 21 July. Read more about the full programme here.

Family Values will open as usual at 12pm and remain open until 9pm.

About the exhibition

Family Values: Polish Photography Now is a unique season of photography and events examining Polish visual culture from the second part of the 20th century and the current creative landscape of a nation with deep historical and emotional links to the UK.

At the centre of the season sits the first exhibition devoted to Polish photography in the UK, which amplifies themes of identity, home and family in the context of social and political change to explore how individual freedoms are found within the confines of the home, and how the domestic serves as a trope for the artistic exploration of different, darker questions concerning identity.

At its heart will be a presentation of the work of Zofia Rydet (1911 – 1997), a photographer much admired in Poland who is now coming to wide international prominence. Her work has never been seen in the UK.

In the exhibition, images by Zofia Rydet will be presented alongside contemporary Polish artists exploring similar topics in their work: Józef Robakowski, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Weronika Gęsicka, Aneta Bartos and Adam Palenta.

Exhibition curated by Kate Bush.

More information on the exhibition here.

Exhibition open to the public:

25 May – 22 Jul 2018

Wed – Sun, 12pm – 6pm

Free entry