Claudia Kogachi: There’s No I In Team

Friction and fun as mother and daughter compete in a variety of sports, in a series of new portraits by Claudia Kogachi in 'There's No I In Team'.

'There’s No I In Team' by Kogachi will feature a series of new paintings on panel that depict the artist and her mother playing a number of sports – it builds upon a wonderful earlier series in which Kogachi explored the dynamics of family conflict through images of the pair competing in various sporting events set in domestic spaces. Shifting from a sense of conflict to a spirit of friendly competition with her mother, Kogachi's new works use the lens of portraiture to further explore the complex and tender psychological relationship between mothers and daughters, rendered cartoon-like in delightfully awkward angles and inviting bright colours.

'There’s No I In Team' also turns Kogachi’s art itself into a team sport, by inviting visitors to colour in her hand-painted wall mural and to watch the action from ball-shaped furniture.