Jesse Glazzard: 'The Sound of Dirt and Beauty'
12 Sep 2026 - 15:30 | Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
On Saturday 12 September, join us for a launch & signing to celebrate Jesse Glazzard’s first book The Sound of Dirt and Beauty in the Lower Gallery at ICA, London.
Rooted in working-class experience and shaped by underground queer culture, Glazzard’s images combine portraiture and documentary, moving between intimate studio portraits and scenes of everyday life. Bodies, bedrooms, gatherings, fragments of diaries, and moments of tenderness are rendered with a raw immediacy that resists spectacle. Rather than presenting identity as a fixed category, the work allows people simply to appear as they are, reflecting a generation moving beyond rigid identity structures and embracing fluidity, experimentation, and chosen forms of belonging.
Glazzard has made 30 special editions of the book which are available only at the launch or at the MACK table at GLUE 2026 so come early!
Date and time
12 Sep 2026 , 15:30
Location
Lower Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Mall, London
SW1Y 5AH
United Kingdom
