04/05/2023 - 17/06/2023
Contemporary - Painting
Larry Achiampong - And I saw a new heaven
Wed-Sat: 12-6pm
Referencing the unlikely trinity of HBO TV, video games and Christianity, the title drawn from dialogues from the game-turned-series The Last of Us and ultimately from the Bible encapsulates the references for Larry Achiampong’s second solo show at Copperfield. From computer games to church the cast of faces represented there has almost always been white.
The already problematic status quo that church is high culture and gaming is low or pop culture breaks down here when one references the other, but the exhibition brings real game play for visitors into direct dialogue with Achiampong’s collaged paintings.
Southwark 6 Copperfield St, SE1 0EP