Doing Ilana Savdie: In Jest; Danica Lundy: Stop Bath; Louise Giovanelli: As If, Almost

A trio of solo shows lands at White Cube Bermondsey this month. In Jest, the first solo exhibition in London by Colombian artist Ilana Savdie, features new large-scale paintings and drawings which look at themes of performance, transgression, identity and power. Inspired by the Colombian ‘Carnaval’, she explores theatrical themes relating to the circus, as well as repeating motifs including curtains, hooves, balls and hoops.

Danica Lundy’s first exhibition at White Cube, meanwhile, includes a group of monumental paintings — produced in the wake of her father’s death — that employ disorienting perspectives and narratives to explore the inner workings of bodies, machines, power structures and loss. Expect compositionally complex paintings filled with a rich bank of references, from the epic to the banal, and the torrid to the ecstatic.

Then there’s an exhibition of new paintings by Louise Giovanelli which explores new modes of devotion and worship — notably the cult of celebrity — in an era when so much of society is disengaged from religious and spiritual belief systems. Also on show are paintings that explore themes of performance and social rituals such as drinking.

These are three very different shows, but all are well worth a visit.