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Emmanuel Awuni
Hammer
opening on the 16th of April 2021
through to 6th June 2021
Open by appointment, book here
The exhibition, ‘Hammer’ is comprised of selected materials, from painting and sculpture to sound and performance by Emmanuel Awuni, inspired by a passage from Toni Morrison's Beloved:
“With a sledge hammer in his hands and Hi man’s lead, the men got through. They sang it out and beat it up, garbling the words so they could not be understood; tricking the words so their syllables yielded up other meanings.”
Hammer is an operation following the stitched tracks of ‘g’, the layers of the work tracing back to the importance of Black African oral culture to deep roots of black oral culture juxstaposed with litreature and visual image. Translating the relationship between processed materia paint text
The exhibition entails a sound installation and performance from Emmanuel Awuni. Two small speakers will be placed outside the gallery as part of the collection of artworks on display which includes sculpture and painting. The output from the sound is designed to establish a conversation and relationship between interior and exterior.
The gallery will be following the guidelines of lockdown as such a licensed security will be at the door to control the number of people allowed in the space which is a maximum five people security will also maintain and police social distancing rule if necessary. The exhibition will be open to the public people are encouraged to engaged with the artworks on display however there would be no supply of alcohol from the gallery.
List of works
1. yh bre rabbit, 2021, spray paint, 54 x 74cm
Interior install shot
2.OFF IC3, 2021, Jesmonite, Spray paint, Steel scaffold
8ft high
3. IC3 man Red Heart, 2021 print on pink paper with finger prints in custom wooden frame
24cm× 33cm
4. Otitis, 2021 oil, pastel charcoal on canvas
120 x 180cm
5. Hammer, 2021
Music and DJ Performance on both the opening and closing
Emmanuel Awuni Djaying Through The Window
Rachel Jones with Gunsmoke
Rachel Jones with Emmanuel Awuni
Yasmin Akim and Daniel Rockman
Ayesha Tan-Jones and Monique Etienne Upon Arrival
Ayesha Tan-Jones, Leroy Simpson and Monique Etienne
Melissa Newbery-Welcome and Farrah Riley Gray Posing with their Sandwiches
Jenkin van Zyl with Ayesha Tan-Jones
Fikayo Oloruntoba aka Swampmangram with Ayesha-Tan Jones, Monique Etienne and Emmanuel Awuni
Emmanuel Awuni is a multi-disciplined artist living in London. He completed his undergrad at Goldsmiths University and is currently studying at the Royal academy schools. His work is concerned with the re-imaging of the architectural structures that construct our sense of hierarchy, space and time. Hip Hop is an integral element in the configuration of his practice, utilising that model to develop the poetics of relation between object and subject. Previous shows include:
Premiums, Royal Academy of Art, 2019
House of Togetherness, Harlesden High Street, 2020
Rather Be Your Lover, Underground Flower, 2020
Harlesden Safari Shop, BUNK Studios, 2020
Selected Press
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