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Each artist explores themes of identity, nature, and human connection, while highlighting a certain vulnerability through text, figuration, and material.

Soufiane Ababri presents works from his acclaimed Barbican solo show Their Mouths Were Full of Bumblebees But It Was Me Who Was Pollinated, continuing his exploration of queer intimacy across Western and non-Western contexts. Inspired by historical representations of same-sex desire, his drawings challenge traditional depictions of relationships and offer an alternative visual canon of tenderness and connection.

Julian Charrière’s Sun Sets …