FACTION Art Projects announce solo show of Harlem artist Stan Squirewell at Gallery 8, London

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FACTION Art Projects announce solo show of Harlem artist Stan Squirewell at Gallery 8, London
 
Stan Squirewell
1 April – 13 April 2019
Private View,Tuesday 2 April 2019, 6-9pm FACTION Art Projects @ Gallery 8 London 8 Duke Street St James's
London SW1Y 6BN
 
FACTION Art Projects is delighted to present a solo show of Harlem-based artist Stan Squirewell at Gallery 8, London. Following an exhibition of Squirewell’s work at FACTION’s Harlem space, the FACTION team bring him to London for a display of multilayered collages which through elements of mythology, sacred geometry and science tackle themes of race and memory.This marks Squirewell’s first solo show outside the US.
Squirewell’s newest works which have evolved over two or three years of archival study and exploration are heavily influenced by a recent revelation of his paternal ancestry.
Squirewell says:
‘For most of my life I believed my family were African Americans who had arrived to the US on slave ships, and it wasn’t until my twenties that I discovered my true heritage, that they were indigenous Americans. As a teacher working closely with the national curriculum I constantly see how history, even now, is curated. My art attempts to rewrite these assumed histories.The beauty of the works capture the viewer, but it’s the ugly that intrigues and leads them to look deeper.’
March 11, 2019