Hollybush Gardens presents Barricades, a solo exhibition of new work by Lubaina Himid featuring overpainted objects and furniture, which have been integral to her practice for the past three decades, including found wooden drawers, doors, a table, a shelf and a set of oars, alongside a large-scale abstract painting and work on paper.
The title of the exhibition refers to a barricade as a means of protection or escape and also the impetus to ‘make do and mend’, to improvise or repurpose objects and structures close at hand in times of need. Barricades includes a group of works which expand on Himid’s ongoing Men in Drawers series, begun in 2014–15, in which found or discarded drawers are repurposed as supports for painted portraits of individual Black figures, and act as containers for lost and forgotten lives. Himid writes: ‘The drawers tell the story of people in search of home who constantly have to move in order to find it and as a result leave traces of themselves behind each time they leave a particular place.’
| Duration | 01 November 2024 - 20 December 2024 |
| Times | Wednesday – Saturday, 11:00 – 18:00 |
| Cost | Free |
| Venue | Hollybush Gardens |
| Address | 1 - 2 Warner Yard, London, EC1R 5EY |
| Contact | 020 7837 5991 / info@hollybushgardens.co.uk / www.hollybushgardens.co.uk |