7 - 24 July 2021
TAFETA is thrilled to announce Nkechi Ebubedike 's second solo exhibition at the gallery.
Body as Vessel is an exhibition of new large paintings and plexiglass sculptures by New York based artist Nkechi Ebubedike. Inspired by the poetic mechanics of Francis Bacon and other abstract surrealists, each piece aims to utilize contorted forms in stoic isolation yet playful architectural framing of an emotional landscape. These fragmented silhouettes intersect, duplicate, or repeat, and are either propped on or wedged into interior spaces.
In Body as Vessel, Ebubedike advances the process she used in the Pan African Avatar series (2019), which she painted after spontaneously photographing her own body during the solitude of our recent quarantine. Dismembered figures come to life in surrealist universes, recalling the sense of ethereal fortitude elaborated in her earlier series. The result is a series that reveals Ebubedike’s distinct style, conjuring diverse art-historical traditions and alternating between a planned and improvised creative process that freely employs painting, photography, and sculpture.