Artist: Misheck Masamvu

“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 presents ‘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 figures often portrayed in states of flux or transformation.

Masamvu belongs to a generation shaped by the struggles for independence. His work reflects 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 figuration and abstraction. The picture plane reveals poetic spaces and layered realities, inviting reflection on the formation of political subjects as agents of social transformation.