The Making of ‘Motherhood’, Justin Chance’s London Debut at Ginny on Frederick

New York-based artist Justin Chance’s practice centres around an ongoing series of quilts the artist primarily fabricates from felted wool encased in silk organza. Recognising the political histories and personal potentialities of quilting, Chance views these works as both pictorial surfaces and objects in their own right, ones in which memories, suggestions of narrative, and fragmentary information may find material form.

The works in Motherhood — the artist’s first show in the UK presented by Ginny on Frederick — deepen these inferences, exploring Chance’s relationship to Empire by using familial histories to explore the romantic, psychic and sentimental entanglements of the UK and the many witnesses and participants of its empirical rule. Marking the show’s opening, Chance shares with Something Curated an exclusive glimpse into his studio, revealing some of the processes involved in creating the works for Motherhood.

Motherhood by Justin Chance is now open and on view at Ginny on Frederick, London until 26 October 2024.