This fall, we’re thrilled to present Toyin Ojih Odutola’s first solo museum exhibition in New York! Opening October 20, the exhibition will present a series of interconnected fictional portraits chronicling the lives of two aristocratic Nigerian families. Enigmatic and mysterious, these life-size figures appear alone or in groups, set against luxurious backdrops of domesticity and leisure. Highly attentive to detail and the nuances of space, class, and color—whether of palette or skin—Ojih Odutola considers questions of narrative, authenticity, and representation.

[Toyin Ojih Odutola (b. 1985), Pregnant, 2017. Charcoal, pastel and pencil on paper, 74 ½ x 42 in. ©Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York]