Manifold (Deluxe), running from April 13-29 at Frieze No. 9Cork Street, is a group exhibition organised by FaridahFolawiyo, centering the work of black female artists from allover the world. Building on the version that took place in Sohoin November, Manifold (Deluxe) invites many of those artistsback, with some new additions as well. The exhibiting artistsare: Kesewa Aboah, Turiya Adkins, Oluwatobiloba Ajayi,Ayoade Bamgboye, Shannon Bono, Blckgeezer, Hilda Kortei,Daëna Ladéesse, Olukemi Lijadu, Emmanuelle Loca-Gisquet,Lebogang Mogul Mabusela, Rachel Marsil, Joy Matashi,Fadekemi Ogunsanya, Isabel Okoro, Irene Antonia DianeReece and Anika Roach.

The exhibition questions the limitations of approaching artistsand their work through a singular lens. The artists in the showoperate through layers; they create work that denounces easyaccessibility by leaning on their complexities andcontradictions. It might be their relationship to time, it mightbe their process, it might be their very beings. Working acrosspainting, photography, video and print-making, the works andartists on show force us to question preconceived ideas aboutthe hierarchy of planes. What is primary and what is secondary?Can multiple things be true of one artwork? Do form andfunction have to match? Can a work be abstract andrepresentational? What does radical co-existence look like?

Whether it is through painting, photography, print–making orvideo, the artists in this exhibition work through layers andimpressions. They approach their practices through a lens ofimprints, of building, of multiplicity, of abundance.