Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Coming Back to See Through, Again at David Zwirner / New York

Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Coming Back to See Through, Again

September 14—October 28, 2023

Nigerian-born visual artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby, who lives and works in Los Angeles, California, presents a new exhibition at David Zwirner in Chelsea, New York.

Press release courtesy David Zwirner.
David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of new and recent work by Njideka Akunyili Crosby at the gallery's 519 West 19th Street location. The presentation, which debuted at David Zwirner Los Angeles in May 2023, is Akunyili Crosby's first solo exhibition in New York.

Born in Nigeria, Akunyili Crosby moved to the United States as a teenager in 1999, and her work reflects her hybrid cultural background and experiences. In her methodically layered compositions, Akunyili Crosby combines painted depictions of people, places, and subjects from her life with photographic transfers derived from her personal image archive as well as Nigerian magazines and other mass media sources. The resulting works are visual tapestries that vivify the personal and social dimensions of contemporary life while evocatively expressing the intricacies of African diasporic identity.