Hannah Traore Gallery is pleased to present LAUNDRY 002 – A Thread Is A Vein , the first U.S solo exhibition of artist Moya Garrison-Msingwana, on view from September 15-November 10, 2022.
Garrison-Msingwana is a Toronto-born and based artist and illustrator exploring themes rooted in fashion, pop culture, the absurd and the supernatural world. Working across many different mediums – including painting, sculpture and digital rendering – he uses this entirely new body of work to paint his way into a new reality.
LAUNDRY is a series predicated upon a fictional premise; one in which clothing possesses minor sentience. PILES are the inhabitants of this world, which Garrison-Msingwana describes as a post-human and garment hybrid. In this uncanny universe, fabrics and textiles attempt to adopt and display a suitable identity for their human frame.
In his own words: “I love how fashion amplifies or changes the architecture of the human body. The shapes and structures are fascinating to me; fashion is an art form that’s become so ingrained in humanity.” – Moya Garrison-Msingwana
Presenting 12 paintings at varying scales, Garrison-Msingwana displays a unique conceptualization of clothing, free from the limitations of physical materials. Garrison-Msingwana is a storyteller who has proven a mastered understanding of myriad dimensions of physical phenomena in each individual painting. This new body of work, presented for the first time, takes a deep dive into our culture’s obsession with fashion, privilege and vanity, acting as a mirror for the assumptions and judgements that we place on ourselves and others.
Hannah Traore Gallery is pleased to present LAUNDRY 002 – A Thread Is A Vein , the first U.S solo exhibition of artist Moya Garrison-Msingwana, on view from September 15-November 10, 2022.
Garrison-Msingwana is a Toronto-born and based artist and illustrator exploring themes rooted in fashion, pop culture, the absurd and the supernatural world. Working across many different mediums – including painting, sculpture and digital rendering – he uses this entirely new body of work to paint his way into a new reality.
LAUNDRY is a series predicated upon a fictional premise; one in which clothing possesses minor sentience. PILES are the inhabitants of this world, which Garrison-Msingwana describes as a post-human and garment hybrid. In this uncanny universe, fabrics and textiles attempt to adopt and display a suitable identity for their human frame.
In his own words: “I love how fashion amplifies or changes the architecture of the human body. The shapes and structures are fascinating to me; fashion is an art form that’s become so ingrained in humanity.” – Moya Garrison-Msingwana
Presenting 12 paintings at varying scales, Garrison-Msingwana displays a unique conceptualization of clothing, free from the limitations of physical materials. Garrison-Msingwana is a storyteller who has proven a mastered understanding of myriad dimensions of physical phenomena in each individual painting. This new body of work, presented for the first time, takes a deep dive into our culture’s obsession with fashion, privilege and vanity, acting as a mirror for the assumptions and judgements that we place on ourselves and others.
