Galerie Lelong & Co., New York is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, the artist’s first major solo exhibition in New York. I have withheld much more than I have written will feature new works: a large installation and a suite of paintings. An exploration of cultural embeddedness within geology that reflects overlapping issues of colonialism, capitalism, and so-called global migration crises. With references to domestic environments, rurality, and systems of control, Sunstrum’s work journeys into processes of disintegration—processes that are at once intimate, violent, sensual, madding, and tender—in the pursuit of home and wholeness. The figures of Sunstrum’s work stand as a collective; they are often representations of herself through the alter-ego Asme (“as me”) or based on historic photographs of Black ancestors. “Identity, power, selfhood and the political power that comes along with those ideas can never be reduced to a single standing being. My single body is a representative of masses of bodies, whether as community or as ancestry or as collective history or collective memory, of solidarity,” —— Sunstrum ✨ @pamelaphatsimo @galerielelong ✨ 1-3. Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum The Butchers, 2022 Pencil and oil on wood panels 30 x 60 x 1 5/8 in (76.2 x 152.4 x 4.1 cm) 4-5. Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum Sinner Get Ready, 2022 Signed and dated on reverse of each panel Oil and pencil on wood panels 40 1/8 x 63 3/4 in (102 x 162 cm) 6-7. Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum The Chair, 2022 Signed, titled, and dated on reverse Oil and pencil on wood panel 29 7/8 x 24 1/8 in (76 x 61 cm) 8-9. Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum Lambsheart, 2022 Signed, titled, and dated on reverse Oil and pencil on linen 73 3/4 x 55 1/2 inches (200 x 140.9 cm) 10. Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, Mumbo Jumbo and the Committee (2022). Installation with wood, film, and painting components Running time: 56 seconds Painting, overall: 48 1/8 x 96 in (122 x 244 cm) #galerielelong #pamelaphatsimosunstrum #colonialism #globalmigration #victoriandress #daguerre #diorama #alterego #blackancestors #saintfleurinc #taoleighgoffe #bodyguestures #historicphotography