UNTANGLING THE PERILS THAT TANGLE US: GROUP EXHIBITION

Kanbi Projects is pleased to present Untangling the Perils that Tangle Us, a group exhibition showcasing twelve artists, working on and off the continent, whose expressions engage the complexities of blackness as the world emerges from a global pandemic.

Co-curated by Jumoke Sanwo, founder of the Revolving Art Incubator (RAI) in Lagos, Nigeria, Untangling the Perils that Tangle Us features some of the most exciting emerging artists of African descent including Nigerian artists Julius Agbaje, Adesina Adegboyega, Odinakachi Okoroafor, Anne Adams, Chiderah Bosah; US based artist Austin Uzor; Canada based artists Chukwudubem Ukaigwe and Iyunade Judah and UK based artists Hannor Uzor, Tobi Alexandra Falade and Paul Majek Odukoye.

Kanbi Project's fifth exhibition is conceived as a liminal space in history. The exhibition through the practice of the participating artists seeks to present an unburdened yet authentic idealised imagery of the black lived experience either to re-imagine historical gaps and erasures, challenge contemporary narratives or to create alternative futures, one that transcends the current view on race, nationality or national belonging and offers a more diverse transnational, transcontinental and transcultural perspective.

The title of the show is inspired by the author Ta-Nehisi Coates' book 'Between the World and Me', "and I recall that even then I had not yet begun to imagine the perils that tangle us." In his book, Coates speaks of the 'plundering of the black body' from an African-American perspective including police brutality and institutional racism.

Untangling the Perils that Tangle Us seeks to reframe blackness through a visual dialogue and exchange of ideas and perspectives and features multidimensional works in painting, photography, video and sculpture. Accompanied by a soundscape produced by Nigerian based Osemwengie Ekunwe and Joe Ekunwe, the exhibition is a collaboration with The Koppel Project and is proudly supported by the Arts Council England through the National Lottery Project Grants.