London: Standout Exhibitions: May + June
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Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
May 5 - June 4, 2023
Qualeasha Wood (b. 1996)
As described by the gallery, “In a new body of work, Wood continues to probe racial, sexual and gender identity, particularly as they relate to the Black femme body, turning her attention to themes of surveillance and vulnerability. While the artist’s self-portrait remains a compelling presence in her tapestries, the imagery has pivoted to account for the daily experience of practising safety as a Black woman, both on- and off-line.”
Addis Fine Art
April 27 - May 27. 2023
Tizta Berhanu (b. 1991)
"As described by the gallery, “Berhanu explores humanity’s full spectrum of emotions in her figurative paintings. Narratives of love, intimacy, kinship, and motherhood flow across her gestural compositions. Bathed in swathes of jewel-like primary colours, Tizta’s figures are painted with expressive brushstrokes, often weaved into layers of the canvas’ abstract background. Interlaced in each other’s embrace, her figures express the beauty of human touch.”
Simon Lee Gallery
April 20 - May 25, 2023
France-Lise McGurn (b. 1983)
“The exhibition title refers to the politics and power dynamics inherent in hosting, both socially and within the science of the body. The feminised term 'hostess' points to the recurring female form as a motif and abstract glyphic psychological reiteration in McGurn’s work,” as described by the gallery.
Victoria Miro Gallery
April 14 - May 13, 2023
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami (b. 1993)
“Hwami’s work often speaks to the fallibility of memory as images are produced and reproduced, impressing themselves upon us while becoming unmoored from their original sources. Through her process, the artist questions things that appear fixed, or possess apparent finality, opening up a space of imagination and discovery shaped in part by her years growing up in Zimbabwe and South Africa,” as described by the gallery.
David Zwirner
April 20 - May 26, 2023
Group Exhibition
David Zwirner is pleased to announce So let us all be citizens too at the gallery’s London location, curated by Ebony L. Haynes, senior director of 52 Walker. This group exhibition explores and celebrates the legacy of postwar American artist Bob Thompson (1937–1966) and his dynamic figurative style and use of color.
