The artist Alberta Whittle sits in a chair, wearing a yellow dress

Alberta Whittle: Dipping below a waxing moon, the dance claims us for release

Exhibition passed: 27 January 2023 – 8 May 2023

Included in general admission tickets
Suitable for all ages
Wheelchair accessible

Fresh from representing Scotland at the Venice Biennale, Alberta Whittle (b.1980) presented a suite of newly commissioned sculptures across the Holburne Museum’s site and grounds, as well as a series of new text-based works across Bath.

The exhibition, Whittle’s first in a public museum, continued themes known in her practice including post-colonial healing, pleasure, and hospitality, each manifested through her prism of love, compassion, and kindness.

Previous projects have looked to explore more recent historical events including the Windrush scandal, and the challenges faced by healthcare workers during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. This, however, will be Whittle’s first commission to directly address 18th-century histories.

Generously supported by:
The Henry Moore Foundation
The Ampersand Foundation
The Modern Institute
Stuart & Bianca Roden

“Working with the Holburne has been a meaningful proposition to examine connections between Bath’s architecture to colonial pleasure. The opportunity to be ambitious and manifest a new series of works that are situated both inside and outside the museum, on the streets of Bath as become a necessary means of exploring how power encourages erasure.”
Alberta Whittle, 2023