Harold Offeh: Mmm, gotta try a little harder, it could be sweet

Harold Offeh: Mmm, gotta try a little harder, it could be sweet

Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet documents two decades of video, performance and collaborative projects by Harold Offeh. This new monograph is published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at Kettle's Yard in November 2025, the first institutonal solo exhibition of the artist's work in the UK.

Offeh's art 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, a new multi-channel sound installation, Gotta Try a Little Harder considers Offeh's use of performance as an investigative tool and It Could Be Sweet looks at the artists participatory and collaborative works on themes of desire, utopianism, queer identity and acts of resistance. 

With preface by Lubaina Himid and new essays by Sepake Angiama, David. A. Bailey, Anna Khimasia and Harold Offeh. 

Softcover
156 pages
ISBN: 9781904561699
Dimensions: 310 x 235mm