Intimacies of Care begins with a difficult reality: the experiences of Black people seeking mental-health care in Britain can be shaped by structural racism and coercive systems. Instead of simply documenting that failure, Loewe creates a series of spaces where grief, anger, healing and collective imagination can coexist. Paintings such as Rage address encounters with policing and institutional power, while works including And Here We Found One Another look toward community, ancestral knowledge and spiritual practice as alternative forms of support.

The exhibition was developed through research in the Wellcome Collection archive and workshops with organisations including ADHD Babes, Black Trans Foundation and Black and Neurodiverse. Participants’ experiences inform works such as The Search for Care / The Lack of Care and List of Demands, meaning the show functions partly as artwork and partly as a collective proposition for how systems might change.

Rudy Loewe (b. 1987, London) is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, sculpture and participatory practice. Their work is shaped by histories of resistance, African and Caribbean folklore and spiritual traditions, with community, accessibility and collective gathering central to the practice.