Exhibition
Michelle Williams Gamaker: Strange Evidence
14 May-20 Jul 2025
PV 11 May 2025, 2-5pm
Matt’s Gallery
London SW11 7AN
14 May-20 Jul 2025
Overview
Strange Evidence focuses on 1930s screen star/Academy Award nominee Merle Oberon, who kept her mixed Sri Lankan/Indian and British heritage secret to protect her industry status, passing as white until her death in 1979. Merle kept her “exotic beauty” in check by controlling how she was photographed, falsifying her past and relying on make-up, lighting, dermabrasion and skin-lightening procedures.
The project sensitively approaches Oberon’s story, exploring self-censorship, racial stigma and trauma, looking with nuance at complex decisions shaped by racial prejudice/restrictive conditions of labour, which still impact screen artists today.
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