One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary art and 2024 Turner prize nominee, Delaine Le Bas is renowned for her work addressing nationhood, belonging, gender, and identity, using a diverse range of media including embroidery, découpage, painting, sculpture, installation, and performance.
This exhibition provides new insights into Le Bas’s practice, placing her work in close dialogue with pieces selected from the Whitworth collection. It features new and recent works by Le Bas – including Un-Fair-Ground, her monumental freestanding mural created for the 2024 Glastonbury Festival – showcasing the themes and cultural motifs that energise the artist’s work: ancient, modern, and mythic spirits, alongside political and pop-cultural references.
