Wynnie Mynerva's Exhibition 'Bone of My Bones, Flesh of My Flesh' at Gathering, London

Peruvian artist Wynnie Mynerva presents 'Bone of My Bones, Flesh of My Flesh' at Gathering in London, running through 4 March. The exhibition features large-scale paintings that depict violent, merging bodies through aggressive color interactions—browns, pinks, taupes, and crimsons—rather than discernible human figures. Two opening works, Violated Bliss I and II (2022), reference art-historical violence akin to Rubens's Massacre of the Innocents (1610), but focus on fluid forms blending masculine and feminine traits. Figures display breasts, hair, and nails alongside phallic elements, subverting the biblical hierarchy implied by the title, which quotes Adam in Genesis. A slit-like passage leads to a second room with an androgynous winged painting, while a metal staircase suggests descent. The subterranean third room holds two large, unmounted canvases on a red floor, showing harmonious scenes of fornication and masturbation amid deep reds, pinks, and oranges. These works blend masculine and feminine into a peaceful, unlabeled mass, emphasizing sex and violence as creative and destructive forces.