Soufiane Ababri
Strange exhibition at the Barbican Curve Gallery of drawings by Soufiane Ababri. This was a new commission for the space called “Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated”. At the heart were a series of fairly explicit drawings of diasporic queer experience and queer nightlife. I say strange as the space was over curated to give an installation feel and yet the focus works, which weren’t that large, were rather overwhelmed by the space. I guess it was trying to represent a club but I found the bright red lit path and haze were rather disorienting and distracted from the pictures. Closed 30 June 2024 Reviews Guardian Evening Standard