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Michal Worke

MICHAL WORKE

INNER VIEWS Goodman Gallery 21 July–7 September 2022 London
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Goodman Gallery presents INNER VIEWS, Michal Worke’s first solo presentation in London. This exhibition of recent paintings is inspired by the artist’s return to Ethiopia for a residency in 2021. At three years old, Worke moved from Ethiopia to Israel–via Sudan–with her family as part of ‘Operation Moses’ in the 1980s. Once Michal’s family arrived in Israel they settled and lived in Netanya. Her work offers a reflection on the struggles of survival and sense of home relating to the artist’s personal experiences as well as more global issues around migration.

Worke combines a distinct figurative style–deliberately naive and brightly coloured–with feminist sensibilities, exploring identity and, at times, directly referencing the practice of the late Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego. The artist creates autobiographical paintings, combining self-portraits with portraits of her family and community.

Laden with symbolism, these latest paintings feature recurring objects and sentimental items of clothing. For example, the Netela, a traditional handmade scarf worn by Ethiopian and Eritrean women appears in Worke’s most recent paintings to invoke the Ethiopian diasporic experience and is a visual signifier shared by communities in Israeli, where the artist now resides.

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