Emii Alrai: RIVER OF BLACK STONE

18 Feb-15 Jun 2025

Overview

Inspired by the disruptive nature of volcanic eruption and the paintings of Vesuvius in our Naples collection, Emii Alrai weaves together ancient mythologies, research and nostalgia as a critical response to our times.

Explore a sequence of immersive rooms referencing the romanticism of great voyages and discoveries of the past.

In this exhibition of new and reimagined works, sculptural objects become artefacts and drawings become maps bringing together textures, images and voice, turning the galleries into a theatre of the past, lit by the match of imagination.
 
Emii Alrai (b.1993) is an artist, ex-museum registrar and writer. Alrai’s work investigates memory, critiques the western museological structure and explores the complexity of ruins. Working primarily in sculpture and installation, her work operates as large-scale realms built in relation to bodies of research concerning archaeology and the natural environments objects are excavated from.