Ulala Imai and Tracey Emin in I’m Not Afraid Of Ghosts

Exploring parallels between cyclical histories and the female body, I’m Not Afraid Of Ghosts draws together a number of narratives which channel an acute feeling of contemporaneity – a moment in which we pay respect to our past and traditions, yet draw courage to make our own choices and look to the new. Accordingly, the exhibition is characterized by the desire to shape new values that come with new times. Values where, through care and mutual respect, we transcend our differences, acknowledging the specter of history as we shape a collective, multifaceted path forward.

Women take center stage in this exhibition, and as always occupy multiple roles: mother, caregiver, friend, ally, confidant, and adversary. Figuration and abstraction become a site of resistance and defiance by tapping into the ambiguity and complexity of human relationships, experiences, and emotions. The works act as a testament to the power of choice in determining one’s own reality. Expressions of love and lust, violence and play, reality and fantasy, are depicted in subjective and uncertain scenarios, which together reinforce the need to search for a new narrative – one in which all people can find joy in liberation and self-actualization.