Goodman Gallery presents ‘Exit Wounds’, a presentation of recent paintings by Zimbabwean artist Misheck Masamvu in New York this September. This follows the Masamvu’s participation in the group exhibition ‘Translations: Afro-Asian Poetics’ curated by Dr. Zoé Whitley at The Institutum in Singapore earlier this year. This exhibition combines striking colour with a distinct expressionist style, showcasing chaotic compositions, gestural brushwork and perpetually shifting figures often portrayed in states of flux or transformation.
Work: 150 x 130 cm, Image courtesy of Goodman Gallery
Born in 1980 Zimbabwe, Masamvu belongs to a generation of artists shaped by the struggles for independence. The artist’s works allow him to address the past while searching for a way of being in the world. His work offers a renewed and broader understanding of visual culture in Africa and the decolonial project. Rhythmic lines and layered fields of colour have become a prominent language for Masamvu to explore structures of power and how history comes to bear on the contemporary moment, as well as how one can adapt to a new way of interacting with the world.
The exhibition opens on the 3rd of September and will be open until the 19th of October 2024 at Goodman Gallery New York. Masamvu’s other international exhibitions include: The ‘t’ is silent, 8th Biennial of Painting, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium (2022); STILL ALIVE, 5th Aichi Triennale, Aichi, Japan (2022), NIRIN, 22nd Sydney Biennale, Sydney (2020); Incerteza Viva (Live Uncertainty), the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo (2016) and his international debut at Zimbabwe’s inaugural Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011). His collections include: A4 Arts Foundation (Cape Town, South Africa); Braunsfelder Family Collection (Cologne, Germany); Uieshema Collection (Tokyo, Japan); Perez Art Museum (Miami, USA); Pigozzi Collection (Geneva, Switzerland); Taguchi Art Collection (Tokyo, Japan).
