House of Nisaba presents a return to allegory in contemporary figurative painting. Over twenty artists present new works in a site-specific environment created by the architects Formafantasma. Allegory – long tied to shared iconographies from myth, religion and history – is today resurfacing in areas such as autofiction, mysticism, astrology, esotericism and science fiction. Invoking the Mesopotamian goddess of writing, House of Nisaba transforms the gallery into an immersive space where newly produced paintings make allegory a vital form for our divided contemporary world.
Participating artists:
Soufiane Ababri; Michael Armitage; Felipe Baeza; Kevin Beasley; Cornel Brudascu; Alex Červený; Leidy Churchman; Nicole Eisenman; Hamishi Farah; Martin Gustavsson; Gordon Hookey; Hortensia Mi Kafchin; Sanya Kantarovsky; Melanie Kitti; Matthew Lutz-Kinoy; Jill Mulleady; Wangechi Mutu; Naudline Pierre; Kevin Quashie; Mohammed Sami; Cinga Samson; Agnes Scherer; Selma Selman; Agata Słowak; Mikolaj Sobczak; Mounira Al Solh; Abdellah Taïa; Salman Toor; Evelyn T. Wang.
Writers: Claire Bishop, Simone Farresin, Hendrik Folkerts, Irena Haiduk, Ricardo Montez, Kevin Quashie
