June 22–July 22, 2023
Zeinab Saleh in the company of Katharina Fritsch
The first presentation features two new paintings by London- based artist Zeinab Saleh (b. 1996, Kenya) exhibited alongside Regen [Rain] (1987) by Katharina Fritsch (b. 1956, Germany). Inviting focused contemplation, Saleh’s paintings combine charcoal, chalk, and acrylic into a soft palette where light and shade overlay and together give form to figurative subjects as well as more gestural abstract movements. They carry both the power and ephemerality of atmosphere. Shifts of perception and sensorial experience also pervade Fritsch’s Regen , which plays from a vinyl record in the gallery. The sound piece introduces a looped recording of the sound of falling raindrops that is at once both soothing and relentless. Together, the artworks build an environment in which gentleness and force revolve.
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List of works clockwise from entrance
Zeinab Saleh Midnight swim , 2022 Acrylic, charcoal, chalk, and acrylic fixative on canvas 59 1/8 x 67 in Courtesy the artist Zeinab Saleh Daylight leaves in good time , 2022 Acrylic, charcoal, chalk, and acrylic fixative on canvas 67 x 59 1/8 in Courtesy the artist
Zeinab Saleh (b. 1996, Kenya. Lives and works in London) received a Bachelor of Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art, London. Recent solo exhibitions include J~o~y r~i~d~e , Champe Lacombe, Biarritz (2022); Softest place (on earth) [Extended mix] , Château Shatto, Los Angeles, and Softest place (on earth), Camden Art Centre, London (both 2021). Select group exhibitions include Nour El Ain , curated by Mohamed Almusibli, Karma International, Zurich; after image , curated by Robert Spragg, MAMOTH, London; The Poetics of the Neighbourhood Rascals , curated by Amal Alhaag, Barbershop Mixed People , Rotterdam; A patch of green in London , Cookhouse Gallery, London; Of New Babylon , curated by Sara Gulamali and Samboleap Tol, Lethaby Gallery, London; Friday Late: Snap with i-D , with Muslim Sisterhood, curated by Jenna Mason, V&A, London. Saleh was the recipient of a 2021
Katharina Fritsch Regen (Rain), 1987 12-inch vinyl record Private Collection
Metroland Cultures Grant, and has presented lectures at de Ateliers,
Amsterdam; UCL Art Museum, London; White Cube, London; Chisenhale Gallery, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; University of Cambridge, Cambridge; and Tate Modern, London. Saleh is a co-founder of Muslim Sisterhood, an arts collective based in London. Select public collections include Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont; The Perimeter, London; and Start Museum, Shanghai.
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