
Mamoyo and Persephone's Final Cycle
2025
Two dark skinned male figures occupy a sparse interior defined by white bedding and a dark background. The seated figure on the left, rendered in deep red brown tones, gazes downward in a posture of vulnerability or introspection, while a second figure looms behind in shadow. The composition employs bold gestural brushwork across oil, acrylic, and pencil, creating a tension between figuration and abstraction. Hwami's practice engages with mythology, the body, and intimacy as sites for examining desire, mortality, and transformation, positioning this work within contemporary figurative painting's ongoing dialogue with post colonial and queer art histories.
- Medium
- Oil, acrylic and pencil on linen
- Overall
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Victoria Miro Gallery
Notes
Victoria Miro, Frieze New York 2026, Booth A07, May 13–17, 2026.
For Sale — £125000
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