Leilah Babirye @ Stephen Friedman Gallery

This much anticipated show brings together large-scale ceramic works, wooden sculptures, masks and vibrant paintings on paper. The exhibition, Kuchui Clans of Buganda,  includes the largest ceramic sculpture that the artist has ever created which is presented for the first time in the gallery’s private garden. Leilah 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.