East of the Aldgate Pump

From Whitechapel Gallery

East of the Aldgate Pump takes its title from the historic water pump that for hundreds of years marked an informal threshold between the City of London and the East End. Associated with movement across borders – social, cultural and geographic – the phrase evokes the crossings, encounters and communities that have shaped East London over centuries. It also gestures towards Whitechapel Gallery’s own history as a site deeply connected to both its local context and wider international histories....