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Stephen Friedman Gallery is pleased to present Leilah Babirye’s first solo exhibition in the UK and Europe opening 4 June 2021.

This much anticipated show brings together large-scale ceramic works, wooden sculptures, masks and vibrant paintings on paper. Babirye’s powerful works are a testament to her fiercely intelligent approach to the transformation of found materials. Her oeuvre examines the legacies of British colonialism in Uganda and the traditional clan systems of the kingdom of Buganda, encompassing progressive ideas regarding alternative forms of kinship, community and LGBTQI …