The Space Between, Hauser & Wirth

Whilst the majority of Price’s oeuvre relates more closely to the male figure, ‘Lay It Down (On The Edge of Beauty)’ (2018), as well as his most recent work in the exhibition, ‘Reaching Out’ (2021), mark a poignant shift towards female identity and a shared Black experience. ‘Lay It Down (On The Edge of Beauty)’ extends Price’s line of enquiry into deities, illuminating universal threads within popular culture, media, and fashion that relate to signifiers of Black womanhood. Price intends to spotlight the stigma associated with hairstyles and formal conventions of beauty, as well as the lack of acknowledgment when they are reappropriated outside of their true origin.

Harnessing the narrative power of performance, film and animation have been a consistent element throughout the artist’s career to date. ‘Man 10’ (2012), a stop-motion animation, demonstrates an early desire to respond to the history of racialisation and magnifies the complexities of deep social tensions. Drawing upon his own lived experience and commonplace observations, Price elevates our awareness of unconscious forms of communication through subtle shifts in facial expressions and movements.