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ARRIVAL ON THE BEACH: A Debut Solo Show by Kemi Onabule | It's 2020 For F*ck Sake – A Thirteen Artist, Back-to-Back Solo Exhibition Marathon

Past exhibition
19 - 23 Nov 2020
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ARRIVAL ON THE BEACH, A Debut Solo Show by Kemi Onabule | It's 2020 For F*ck Sake – A Thirteen...

The history of colonialism is often explored through the lens of the colonizer, with the pictorial records of these experiences often representing an exclusively the western perspective that takes indiginous peoples as its subject. In my paintings I seek to reverse this perspective, following instead the gaze of indigenous peoples, inhabiting their experiences as they look out onto the horizon as the arrivals come ashore. 

“Arrival on the Beach” is a series of paintings, drawings, and prints that details the experiences of colonised people from their first contact with the newly-arrived imperialists. The history of colonialism is often explored through the lens of the colonizer, with the pictorial records of these experiences often representing an exclusively the western perspective that takes indiginous peoples as its subject. In my paintings I seek to reverse this perspective, following instead the gaze of indigenous peoples, inhabiting their experiences as they look out onto the horizon as the arrivals come ashore. 

 

Additionally, materials formerly used to communicate imperial power have been reappropriated here in order to demonstrate the dignity of subjugated peoples. During periods of European colonialism, oil painting was often used as a tool to convey dominance over an empire’s subjects, creating a visual language to denote status and power within the images. Subverting this, retrospectively, confers the power of colonizer onto the pictured colonized subject.

 

Kemi Onabule's paintings are a response to a world that seems to be in chaos; unravelling economic structures, overwhelming ecological destruction, and the overturning of societal norms have necessitated a societal reassessment of conceptions of belonging and identity. In turn, Onabule’s paintings aim to engage with this narrative in the form of a challenge, showing a utopic, yet layered view of humanity. Heavily featuring female figures and lush, unrestrained vegetation in her work, she hopes to reimagine a world that is unburdened by the demands of modernity and the alienation of labor under contemporary capitalist frameworks. 

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Works
  • Kemi Onabule BLACK BRITON, 2020 Monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    BLACK BRITON, 2020
    Monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule CLOSE ENCOUNTER, 2020 Watercolour, monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    CLOSE ENCOUNTER, 2020
    Watercolour, monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule DIVER, 2020 Oil on canvas 30 x 25 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    DIVER, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    30 x 25 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule GATHER YOUR THOUGHTS, 2020 Monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    GATHER YOUR THOUGHTS, 2020
    Monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule JUST US, 2020 Watercolour, monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
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    JUST US, 2020
    Watercolour, monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule LIKE GHOSTS THEY ARRIVED, 2020 Oil, oil pastel on canvas 76 x 92 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    LIKE GHOSTS THEY ARRIVED, 2020
    Oil, oil pastel on canvas
    76 x 92 cm
  • Kemi Onabule MIDNIGHT SÉANCE, 2017 Pencil on paper A5
    Kemi Onabule
    MIDNIGHT SÉANCE, 2017
    Pencil on paper
    A5
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  • Kemi Onabule MOON GAZER, 2020 Oil on canvas 35 x 25 cm
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    MOON GAZER, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    35 x 25 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule MOUNTAINS REFLECTED, 2019 Oil, oil pastel on canvas 35 x 25 cm
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    MOUNTAINS REFLECTED, 2019
    Oil, oil pastel on canvas
    35 x 25 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule THE LAST PEACE, 2020 Oil, pastel on canvas 76 x 92 cm
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    THE LAST PEACE, 2020
    Oil, pastel on canvas
    76 x 92 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule THE WATER WAS A REFLECTION, 2020 Oil, acrylic, oil pastel on paper 84 x 59 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    THE WATER WAS A REFLECTION, 2020
    Oil, acrylic, oil pastel on paper
    84 x 59 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule UNPREPARED, 2020 Oil, oil pastel on canvas 142 x 117 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    UNPREPARED, 2020
    Oil, oil pastel on canvas
    142 x 117 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule DANCERS, 2019 Monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    DANCERS, 2019
    Monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule DEFENDER, 2020 Oil, oil pastel, ink on paper 42 x 29 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    DEFENDER, 2020
    Oil, oil pastel, ink on paper
    42 x 29 cm
  • Kemi Onabule DIPPER, 2020 Monotype, ink on paper 42 x 30 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    DIPPER, 2020
    Monotype, ink on paper
    42 x 30 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule FAMILY, 2020 Ink, watercolour, monotype on paper A5
    Kemi Onabule
    FAMILY, 2020
    Ink, watercolour, monotype on paper
    A5
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  • Kemi Onabule HERAKLES, 2020 Monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    HERAKLES, 2020
    Monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule LAY OFF, 2020 Monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    LAY OFF, 2020
    Monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule LONER, 2019 Monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    LONER, 2019
    Monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule MOTHER AND CHILD, 2020 Ink, oil, acrylic on paper 42 x 29 cm
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    MOTHER AND CHILD, 2020
    Ink, oil, acrylic on paper
    42 x 29 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule PEACE, 2020 Ink, monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    PEACE, 2020
    Ink, monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
  • Kemi Onabule RECLINE, 2019 Monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
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    RECLINE, 2019
    Monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule RED FIGURE I, 2020 Watercolour, monotype on paper 28 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    RED FIGURE I, 2020
    Watercolour, monotype on paper
    28 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule RED FIGURE II, 2020 Watercolour, monotype on paper 28 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    RED FIGURE II, 2020
    Watercolour, monotype on paper
    28 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule SELF-PORTRAIT, 2020 Watercolour on paper A5
    Kemi Onabule
    SELF-PORTRAIT, 2020
    Watercolour on paper
    A5
  • Kemi Onabule SHIN DIG, 2020 Watercolour, monotype on paper 21 X 29 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    SHIN DIG, 2020
    Watercolour, monotype on paper
    21 X 29 cm
  • Kemi Onabule STORM, 2020 Oil, oil pastel, ink on paper 70 x 50 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    STORM, 2020
    Oil, oil pastel, ink on paper
    70 x 50 cm
  • Kemi Onabule THE LAST TREE, 2020 Ink, oil, oil pastel on paper 42 x 29 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    THE LAST TREE, 2020
    Ink, oil, oil pastel on paper
    42 x 29 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule TWO POOLS, 2020 Ink, watercolour on paper A5
    Kemi Onabule
    TWO POOLS, 2020
    Ink, watercolour on paper
    A5
  • Kemi Onabule UNTITLED, 2020 Monotype on paper 29 x 21 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    UNTITLED, 2020
    Monotype on paper
    29 x 21 cm
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  • Kemi Onabule 'EVENING DRAWS IN' (STUDY), 2020 Oil, acrylic, oil pastel on paper 70 x 50 cm
    Kemi Onabule
    'EVENING DRAWS IN' (STUDY), 2020
    Oil, acrylic, oil pastel on paper
    70 x 50 cm
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Press
  • IT’S 2020 FOR F*CK SAKE

    ART PLUGGED, ART PLUGGED, 30 Sep 2020
Press release

Guts Gallery and Soft Punk Magazine are proud to collaboratively present “It's 2020 For F*ck Sake”, a thirteen artist, back-to-back solo exhibition marathon, running from 24 September 2020 to 21 December 2020, first in a railway arch under Haggerston Station, and now with a return to lockdown, online through VR content. 

 

Born from a desire to refuse the conditions of silence, paralysis, and erasure brought on by our current social and political climate, this exhibition series has been conceived as a means of exhibiting some of the most promising practitioners of the new generation, creating space for display, experimentation, and artistic ownership in an otherwise compromising market. 

 

Actively aware of the scarcity of shows for underrepresented emerging artists, each artist exhibiting has been given full license over the space. However, this is an exhibition marathon founded in community — while each artist has a solo show, the broader ethos is one of collaboration, accessibility, progress, and collective shouldering of one another.

 

Once more returning  to “lockdown” as of Thursday, 5th November, the remainder of the solo exhibitions will be launched and viewed through virtual reality, a viewing room via Guts’ upcoming Artlogic website and of course, Instagram. All of these platforms will be made live at the same time each week on the date the private views were due to take place. We would like viewers  to engage with the works as you would in our physical space, curating an environment specific to each show and artist.

 

At a moment when the arts sector is on the brink of a major crisis, we are committed to continue putting our community first, paying fair wages, and providing sustained support for artists in any way we can.

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