Exhibition
Becoming a Body of Water
31 Mar 2023 – 31 May 2023
Regular hours
- Friday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- 5-6 Kendrick Mews
- London
England - SW7 3HG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Piccadilly / District line: South Kensington
David Kovats is delighted to present Becoming a Body of Water – a group exhibition, showcasing works by UK-based, East-Central European women artists.
About
The show explores the social experience of being and becoming a CEE migrant woman through notions of adaptability, resilience, self-exploration, and connection with surroundings and the natural world.
The exhibition is inspired by the concept of hydrofeminism, developed by a cultural scholar and writer Astrida Neimanis. Neimanis’ writing and research focus on the cultural, social and political relationships between aquatic environments and Earth’s inhabitants, whose bodies are built primarily from water. Neimanis calls for a reevaluation of systems of power and responsibility, and advocates for creating sustainable bonds within the environment and between humans, based on care, trust and empathy.
The exhibition celebrates the resilience of CEE migrant women and provides a platform for their work and expression, which continues to be underrepresented in the contemporary art sector in the UK.
Participating artists: Natalia Janula, Maja A. Ngom, Miroslava Vecerova, Ana Milenkovic, Katia Kesic, Anna Kostritskaya, Noemi S. Conan
Curated by Marta Marsicka
