Can We Stop Killing Each Other? – Sainsbury Centre, UK

Can We Stop Killing Each Other?

The autumn season will wrestle with one of the darkest and deadliest aspects of humanity.

A series of exhibitions will explore the fundamental questions of why humans are led to kill and the culture that wrestles with this notion such as in art, film, TV and theatre.

Reflecting on the real material culture linked to particular case studies from the past and present, such as the Holocaust and the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda of 1994, the season will be a challenging but eye-opening consideration of some of the most horrifying events in human history.

A series of new paintings by Ethiopian artist Tesfaye Urgessa (b.1983) will also be unveiled, reflecting on the refugee crisis and created in dialogue with the Sainsbury Centre collection. Influenced by neo-expressionism and the London school, Urgessa’s figurative paintings explore the politics of race and identity.