Rumble in the Jungle
ERIC MAGASSA
18 April–3 October 2026
Botkyrka konsthall

Botkyrka konsthall is delighted to present ‘Rumble in the Jungle’, Eric Magassa’s first solo exhibition in Stockholm. The exhibition takes shape through his distinctive visual language of mixed-media based art. At the center of the gallery room, a newly produced sculptural body of work—a pounding soundsystem— is presented for the first time. Music, both as form and language, is felt immediately in the body and the mind, allowing Eric to move in a new, more deeply immersive direction within his practice.

Magassa’s practice unfolds within a multisensory universe, like a vast sprawling collage, in which a personal exploration of the cyclical narratives of family, the archive, and the strong sense of in-betweenness turns the images inside out and rearranges the colors. ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ references the heavyweight boxing title fight, highlights a friction within prevailing descriptions of the inner city/the suburb, gives name to a music subgenre, and is just a hella good time. The running thread may therefore seem ambiguous, equivocal, and filled with joy, much like the unruly richness of life itself.

Let the room tremble!

https://www.magassa.com/

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Design: Oskar Laurin

ERIC MAGASSA

Eric Magassa (b. 1972) is an artist based in Gothenburg, Sweden, whose practice encompasses collage, painting, photography and video – often combined in multifaced, large[1]scale installations. His distinctive colourful compositions evolve around decolonial narratives, identity, place and belonging. By processing different archives and unfolding visual patterns in frequently neglected spaces, he explores modes of looking and thinking that in many ways disrupt the narrow aesthetics of the canonised white cube.

Magassa studied at Central Saint Martins in London, and the Art Students League of New York. He has exhibited widely, including at institutions like Malmö Konsthall (2023), Tensta Konsthall (2021–22) and Moderna Museet Stockholm (2018), as well as biennials like the Gwangju Biennale (2024), Borås Art Biennial (2024) and Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA [2019])