Upper East Side, New York
Misheck Masamvu
Exit Wounds
Goodman Gallery"When I get into colour, I realise that this is a deeper space, and I realise that I must travel within it... I can feel, I can hear, I cannot be stopped" —Misheck Masamvu Goodman Gallery is pleased to present Exit Wounds, a presentation of recent paintings by Zimbabwean artist Misheck Masamvu. This follows the artist’s inclusion in the group exhibition ‘Translations: Afro-Asian Poetics’ curated by Dr. Zoé Whitley at The Institutum in Singapore earlier this year. The body of work combines striking colour with a distinct expressionist style, showcasing chaotic compositions, gestural brushwork, and perpetually shifting fgures often portrayed in states of fux or transformation. Masamvu belongs to a generation shaped by the struggles for independence. His work refects a search for new perspectives on the confrontations created by colonial structures. Formally, the viewer is confronted with fragmented bodies, scenes, and passages that navigate between fguration and abstraction. The picture plane reveals poetic spaces and layered realities, inviting refection on the formation of political subjects as agents of social transformation.