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Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet<\/em> is the first institutional solo exhibition of work by Harold Offeh in the UK. This fully illustrated book documents two decades of video, performance and collaborative projects by the artist, as well as a new series of photographs depicting Offeh re-performing works in his archive. Offeh’s work interrogates our acceptance of social, political and racial models in society, often drawing inspiration from mainstream music, film and media. The title of the exhibition is taken from lyric by the British band Portishead and corresponds to three thematic sections of the exhibition: Mmm<\/em>, a new multi-channel sound installation, Gotta Try a Little Harder<\/em> considers Offeh’s use of performance as an investigative tool and It Could Be Sweet<\/em> looks at the artists participatory and collaborative works on themes of desire, utopianism, queer identity and acts of resistance. The book includes a preface by Lubaina Himid and new essays by Sepake Angiama, David. A. Bailey, Anna Khimasia and Harold Offeh. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New monograph exploring artist Harold Offeh’s dynamic practice since the early 2000’s, with essays and a new photographic series.
5 Lubaina Himid
\nPreface
\n7 Harold Offeh
\nA Self-Interview with Harold and Offeh
\n9 Projects: 1999–2025
\nWorkshops
\n62 Projects: 1999–2025 (continued)
\n137 Anna Khimasia
\nSmile, Though Your Heart Is Breaking: Harold Offeh’s Early Performance Work
\n141 David A. Bailey
\nThe Sculptural Performative Work of Harold Offeh
\n145 Sepake Angiama
\nMmmmm… Harold Offeh
\n149 Guy Haywood and Andrew Nairne
\nAfterword
\n150 Image Credits
\n151 Chronology
\n154 Author Biographies
\n155 Acknowledgements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":67289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65009","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-contributions-by-anna-khimasia","8":"author-contributions-by-david-a-bailey","9":"author-contributions-by-lubaina-himid","10":"author-contributions-by-sepake-angiama","11":"author-edited-by-guy-haywood","12":"publisher-kettles-yard-university-of-cambridge","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHarold Offeh: Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/harold-offeh-mmm-gotta-try-a-little-harder-it-could-be-sweet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harold Offeh: Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet - ACC Art Books US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New monograph exploring artist Harold Offeh's dynamic practice since the early 2000's, with essays and a new photographic series.5 Lubaina Himid Preface 7 Harold Offeh A Self-Interview with Harold and Offeh 9 Projects: 1999–2025 Workshops 62 Projects: 1999–2025 (continued) 137 Anna Khimasia Smile, Though Your Heart Is Breaking: Harold Offeh’s Early Performance Work 141 David A. 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