TSCHABALALA SELF: DREAM GIRL

Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles is pleased to present Dream Girl, an exhibition of new paintings and sculpture by Tschabalala Self. The works address the concept of a constructed self and the construction of femininity.

February 15 - April 26, 2025

The paintings and sculpture will be presented as an immersive environment, conceived as a mind map outlining the artist’s process and conceptualization of the protagonists in her paintings. The installation is anchored by the paintings, each of which function as a vignette into the mind of its subject.

Tschabalala Self is one of the most celebrated figurative artists of her generation. Her distinctive paintings combine fabric collage with exuberant paint handling. They resonate as objects with a sculptural as well as an illusionistic presence. The artist describes the paintings in Dream Girl as “existing within liminal spaces which speak to psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects of personhood.”

Self is inspired by Los Angeles as a site for reinvention. The limitlessness of “the land of Hollywood” represents the city’s expansive sense of freedom, which is both romantic and dystopic. It’s all consuming yet generative.

The duality of Los Angeles speaks to the various conceptual concerns within Self’s practice.