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Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum

PAMELA PHATSIMO SUNSTRUM

It Will End In Tears Barbican 19 September 2024–5 January 2025 London
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In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

Enter a world of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s creation in ‘It Will End in Tears’. We move through a series of life-size dioramas, viewing paintings in a narrative sequence, as a story unfurls of a ‘femme fatale’ film noir character living in an imagined colonial outpost. We find out what happens when our main character deviates from the norm and doesn’t follow the rules dictated to her by society.

Featuring drawing, painting and installation, Sunstrum’s artworks reflect her experience of living across Africa, Southeast Asia, and North America. Her boundary-crossing practice is imbued with formative experiences of a life lived at, across, and in the liminal spaces between borders, alongside notions of home and wholeness.

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About the Artist

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum creates otherworldly paintings that envision mythological archetypes and imaginary realities. Her multidisciplinary practice comprises of painting, drawing, animation and installation.

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About the Gallery

The Barbican is a world-renowned arts and learning hub in the City of London, celebrated for its striking Brutalist architecture and multidisciplinary programming. Opened in 1982 as part of the larger Barbican Estate, it has become a cultural landmark, bringing together visual arts, music, theatre, dance, film, and education under one roof.

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Silk Street
London
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Monday – Sunday, 9.30am – 11pm
Bank Holidays, 12 – 11pm
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London Barbican Centre, Silk Street
Barbican contemporary art institution in London United Kingdom
Barbican
Silk Street, London, United Kingdom
http://www.barbican.org.uk

Opening hours
Monday – Sunday, 9.30am – 11pm
Bank Holidays, 12 – 11pm
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