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UNITED KINGDOM / London: JOY LABINJO Our histories cling to us
by Modem
© Modem

until Sunday February 23 2020

BALTIC
T : +44 (0)207
Gateshead
NE8 3BA London
United Kingdom

Joy Labinjo makes large-scale paintings featuring portraits of relatives, friends and people she has discovered in family albums. Drawing on her personal experiences of growing up in the UK with British-Nigerian heritage, Labinjo explores the relationship between identity, race and culture.

The artist’s paintings depict intimate scenes of contemporary family life, capturing the everyday and the domestic. She creates her compositions by fusing different photographs together, instinctively collaging interiors and figures. For her first major institutional solo presentation, Labinjo has made a new body of work specially for the exhibition.

JOY LABINJO Our histories cling to us
From 19 October 2019 till 23 February 2020

© Modem