Alexandre Diop joins Stephen Friedman Gallery
Stephen Friedman Gallery is delighted to announce representation of Vienna-based, Franco-Senegalese artist Alexandre Diop (b. 1995, Paris, France). Diop’s practice—rooted in assemblage, painting, and sculpture—confronts questions of history, memory, and identity through the raw materiality of found objects. His works repurpose everyday detritus such as nails, rusted metal, and discarded textiles, transforming them into densely layered compositions that bridge personal narrative and collective memory.
“Alexandre is one of the most urgent and compelling voices of his generation,” shares Stephen Friedman. “His practice embodies both resilience and reinvention—taking fragments of the past and reconfiguring them into new forms of meaning. His ability to hold beauty and brutality in the same gesture is extraordinary, and I am thrilled to see how his practice will continue to evolve in the years to come.”
On 19 September, Stephen Friedman Gallery will open Run For Your Life !, Diop’s debut exhibition in London, and his first with the gallery. The exhibition presents a major new body of mixed-media paintings that grapple with themes of history, metaphorical archaeology, and socio-political change. In this series, Diop examines the relationship between movement and time—embodied through dance, migration, and resistance. The exhibition’s title is both a rallying cry and an invitation: to stand for change, to embrace tolerance, and to remain alert to crises shaping our world.
Photo by Irina Gavrich.
