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Leilah Babirye, ‘Musanyusa (The One Who Makes People Happy)’, 2021. Glazed ceramic, 53.3 x 24.8 x 20.3cm (21 x 9 3/4 x 8in). Copyright Leilah Babirye. Courtesy the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and Gordon Robichaux, New York.
Exhibition
Leilah Babirye
4 Jun 2021 – 31 Jul 2021
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 17:00
Address
- 25-28 Old Burlington Street
- London
- W1S 3AN
- United Kingdom
Stephen Friedman Gallery is pleased to present Leilah Babirye’s first solo exhibition in the UK and Europe opening 4 June 2021.
About
This much anticipated showbrings together large-scaleceramic works, wooden sculptures,masksand vibrantpaintingsonpaper. The exhibition includes the largest ceramic sculpture that the artist has ever created which is presented for the first time in the gallery’s private garden. Babirye’s powerful works are a testament to her fiercely intelligent approach to the transformation of found materials. Her oeuvre examines the legacies of British colonialism in Uganda and the traditional clan systems of the kingdom of Buganda, encompassing progressive ideas regarding alternative forms of kinship, community and LGBTQI activism.
