Photographs, 19 gelatin silver prints on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/faisal-abduallah-21695" aria-label="More by Faisal Abdu’Allah" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Faisal Abdu’Allah</a>
I Wanna Kill Sam Cause He Aint My Motherfuckin Uncle
Gift Eric and Louise Franck London Collection 2014
<p>Abdu’Allah’s work examines power, race, masculinity, violence and faith. The title of this series refers to rapper Ice Cube’s 1991 song <span>I Wanna Kill Sam</span>. In the song, Ice Cube accuses ‘Uncle Sam’ – the popular North American term for the United States’s White establishment – of offences ranging from breaking up Black families under slavery, to spreading HIV and drug use among Black communities. Here, Abdu’Allah works with members of British rap group <span>Scientists of Sound</span>. They had agency throughout the process, wearing their own clothes, picking their props and selecting the final images which would represent them. Together, they challenge stereotypes and assumptions about Black male violence, reclaiming the images for themselves.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2022</em></p>
paper print photographs 19 gelatin silver prints
11 October 2021 – 3 April 2023
2023-04-03
11 October 2021 – 3 April 2023
2023-04-03
2021-10-11
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2021-10-11
Sixty Years
Collection based display
I Wanna Kill Sam Cause He Ain’t My Motherfuckin’ Uncle
image, each: 405 × 304 mm
Gift Eric and Louise Franck London Collection 2014
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<p>Abdu’Allah’s work examines power, race, masculinity, violence and faith. The title of this series refers to rapper Ice Cube’s 1991 song <i>I Wanna Kill Sam</i>. In the song, Ice Cube accuses ‘Uncle Sam’ – the popular North American term for the United States’s White establishment – of offences ranging from breaking up Black families under slavery, to spreading HIV and drug use among Black communities.  Here, Abdu’Allah works with members of British rap group <i>Scientists of Sound</i>. They had agency throughout the process, wearing their own clothes, picking their props and selecting the final images which would represent them. Together, they challenge stereotypes and assumptions about Black male violence, reclaiming the images for themselves.  </p>
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