The Labour of Being
In "The Labour of Being", her debut solo show with Almine Rech, Alexis McGrigg takes her ethereal visual storytelling to another level of outer space. Her latest series continues the examination of Blackness as an intangible plane. This exploration of the “Other” in a world where there is no “Other” pushes the boundaries of societal constraints and allows the observer to imagine what freedom feels like beyond form, one through which the souls of black people transcend between here and a third space on the boundary of our universe. She refers to this space as “Home”. In between earth and this third space is an expanse invisible to the eye — The Ether. It is within this plane that the souls find rest and a meeting place to convene during their journey.