This contemporary artwork depicts a vibrant, patterned textile composition. The color palette features a soothing turquoise background with navy, burgundy, and violet geometric shapes and butterfly motifs, creating a dynamic and eye-catching visual interplay. The layered, cascading fabrics suggest a kimono-inspired silhouette, showcasing the artist's skilled use of textiles and pattern design. The overall aesthetic evokes a sense of movement, playfulness, and cultural influences, hinting at the artist's intention to explore themes of identity, tradition, and contemporary interpretation through the medium of textile art. ...
Grace Ndiritu is a British-Kenyan artist born in 1982. Concerned with the transformation of our contemporary world, Ndiritu works across film, painting, textiles, performance and social practice. In 2012 she began creating a new body of work under the title Healing The Museum, which sets out to re-introduce non-rational healing methodologies such as shamanism to re-activate the ‘sacredness’ of art spaces. Ndiritu has a mid-career survey, Healing The Museum at S.M.A.K., Ghent which opened in April 2023. The exhibition includes a new monographic publication published by Motto Books. ...
Kate MacGarry Gallery, established in 2002, is a contemporary art gallery located in East London at 27 Old Nichol Street, within a space designed by British architect Tony Fretton. Over the years, the gallery has expanded its representation to include 25 emerging and established artists, as well as two artist estates.
Many of the gallery's represented artists had their first commercial solo exhibitions at Kate MacGarry and have gone on to achieve international success. Their works have been showcased at leading institutions worldwide, including MoMA, Documenta, the Venice Biennale, Tate, MCA Chicago, Prada Foundation, The Walker Art Center, Barbican, New Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Kunstverein Hamburg, and Kettle's Yard, among others. ...
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