Artist Talk in London: Teresita Fernández will join Rachel Thomas (@rachael__thomas), Chief Curator of the @Hayward.Gallery, for a conversation about the artist’s new exhibition and central themes that permeate her practice. 📅 The conversation is free and open to the public with RSVP. Contact [email protected] to confirm your attendance. Link in bio for location and details. — The event is held on the occasion of Fernández’s solo show ‘Caribbean Cosmos’, on view at our gallery in @CromwellPlace September 14–November 5. In the exhibition, @Teresita.Fernandez presents a nuanced understanding of the Caribbean that looks beyond dominant, continental narratives and instead considers the region as emblematic of an expansive, decentralized physical geography, and a global, diasporic state of mind. Using this dispersed lens, she unravels dynamic strands of rhizomatic connection, sprawling landscapes, and a metaphysical understanding of the natural world. Fernández uses earthly elements—including fired clay, etched and polished copper, and solid charcoal made from burned trees—to summon a churning material world in the ever-changing flux of decay, evolution, and renewal. In ‘Caribbean Cosmos’ the artist infuses matter with meaning, achieving a type of alchemy in the transformation of her raw materials. Known for her expansive practice characterized by an interest in materiality, conceptual wayfinding, and reflective engagement, Fernández creates immersive work that critically rethinks landscape and place. Incorporating diverse historical and cultural references, she challenges entrenched spatial frameworks and poetically exposes the history of colonization and the inherent violence embedded in how we imagine and define both land and location. — Teresita Fernández, ‘Kalunga(Maria/Marea)’, 2022 (details). Mixed media on copper 20 panels, each: 3.94 x 6 inches (10 x 15.2 cm). Photos by Daniel Kukla · #TeresitaFernandez #LehmannMaupin #ArtistTalk