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Galerie Gomis kicks off its residency at Sheriff Gallery in Paris with the exhibition ‘New Suns’ by artist David Ụzọchukwu, curated by Ekow Eshun. Ụzọchukwu also spoke at the ASVOFF Fashion Film Festival at Dover Street Market in Paris on 9 November.
The exhibition presents photographs by the celebrated artist that embed Black figures within striking, at times haunting natural landscapes – from charred forests and midnight seas to saffron-hued deserts. These surreal works reflect the historical marginalization of people of color in narratives about nature, in which it is often portrayed as an untouched wilderness to be conquered by settlers and adventurers.
Intimate yet apocalyptic in tone, the works also evoke the impacts of climate change, highlighting its disproportionate effects on the Global South. Through this reinterpretation of the relationship between Black identity and nature, the artist presents speculative visions of coexistence and renewal.
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