Soulscapes: Artists from the African Diaspora transform landscape art
These artists are not afraid to rethink the boundaries of landscapes.
Soulscapes, at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in Gallery Road, Dulwich Village, from February 14 to June 2, will show artists from the African Diaspora exploring our connection with the world through landscape art.
The works both expand and redefine the landscape genre, featuring more than 30 different contemporary pieces spanning painting, photography, film, tapestry and collage.
All artists differ in their approach to the theme.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s lush multimedia piece, Cassava Garden (2015), layers images from fashion magazines, pictures of Nigerian pop stars, and samplings from family photo albums to represent a hybrid cultural identity.
Phoebe Boswell will take over the gallery’s mausoleum with I Dream of a Home I Cannot Know, a meditative video created over the course of six years that documents daily life in Zanzibar.
Soulscapes will celebrate the power of landscapes and evoke the joy of personal experiences in varying compositions, colours and styles.
The exhibition is curated by Lisa Anderson, managing director of the Black Cultural Archives and founder of Black British Art.
She said: “At a time when global consciousness has been profoundly attuned to the precariousness and power of the natural world in our lives, I hope this exhibition will challenge perceptions of our relationship with nature.”
Pictured top: Monica de Miranda, Sun rise, 2023, inkjet print on cotton paper (Picture: Monica de Miranda, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid)