GROUP EXHIBITION

This exhibition brings together an inspired selection of artworks focusing on artists deconstructing history, experience, and perspective, and the dialogue around painting and identity through contemporaryportraiture. Dominic Chambers explores historical narratives around race and representation throughworks on paper, paintings, and writing. In deeply psychological paintings, Chambers builds a relationshipbetween realism and imagery to center ideas of how and where to find joy. Wangari Mathenge’s highlystylised tableaux interrogates how self-identity is formed, expressed, and perceived across diversecultural backgrounds. Often depicting people with whom she has significant relationships, she frequentlypaints small groups of individuals viewed from an interesting perspective, giving the feeling of insightinto both subjects and circumstances. Alexander Diop’s large-scale portraits continue a journey exploringthe transformative power of everyday objects while deconstructing structures of narrative andrepresentation. Layering the canvas with paint, tar, straw, beads, fabric fragments and found objects,Diop creates an environment where both directed and intuitive interactions can occur. The work confrontsand challenges and intervenes on how to modify oneself-or not-to take part of both culture and tradition.Seen together, the effect is strikingly bold.