Michael armitage

Contemporary And: What was your first feeling about Venice? And what will be your contribution to the exhibition? Michael Armitage: When biennale curator Ralph Rugoff came to my studio to talk about his ideas, it was kind of uncanny. I had been working on this group of paintings for about a year.

The Kenyan-born artist’s new exhibition ‘Paradise Edict’ is the real thing: engrossing, fun and packed with ideas

The first solo exhibition of Armitage's work in Scandinavia, it features a selection of his key works to date within an installation of art and…

28 Jun — 22 Sep 2019 at the MCA in The Rocks, Australia

David Zwirner is an art gallery with locations in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Hong Kong. We present physical and online exhibitions, podcasts, books, and more.

In Focus: Michael Armitage’s image of African violence that points the finger back at the western world

Michael Armitage

Michael Armitage (b. 1984, Nairobi) is a Kenyan-born artist currently living between Nairobi and London. The artist’s predominant concerns are the social and political issues facing our contemporary global society. By weaving multiple narratives, drawn from the media and his native country's mythologies, Armitage strives to emphasise the universal social problems that many choose to

David Zwirner is an art gallery with locations in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Hong Kong. We present physical and online exhibitions, podcasts, books, and more.