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Conditions of Inheritance
Bobby K. Hill and Coby Kennedy
Feb 19 – Apr 11, 2026
L’SPACE Gallery, 524 West 19th Street, New York
Exhibition closed · Works available by inquiry
Bobby K. Hill and Coby Kennedy
Conditions of Inheritance brings together two distinct yet resonant artistic practices rooted in figurative language and material intelligence.
Working across layered narratives of family, memory, and inheritance, the artists construct complex visual languages that engage questions of lineage, pressure, and continuity. Shaped by lived experience and cultural inheritance, these narratives reflect the power of ancestral legacy and family to withstand ongoing systemic pressures—revealing resilience as constructed, not assumed, and creating space for empowerment and celebration. This inquiry finds distinct expression in the practices of Bobby K. Hill and Coby Kennedy, whose works approach inheritance through personal history, material experimentation, and symbolic form.
Together, the works of Hill and Kennedy demonstrate the power and persistence of artistic vision that surpasses social and political boundaries. Drawing viewers into the nuances of each artist’s personal history, the exhibition invites a dialogue that resonates with universal understanding.
“Revealing resilience as constructed, not assumed, and creating space for empowerment and celebration.”
Bobby K. Hill’s Inner Child Collection on canvas and The Stellar Collection on repurposed wood incorporate elements of painting, collage, and printmaking to create introspective portraits of family and community. His works combine figurative elements layered across multiple perspectives, portraying interwoven relationships between generations—connections lost and found over time, yet still part of a strong lineage.
A New York–based mixed media artist, Hill began painting on canvas in 2008. His work has been commissioned by Coca-Cola, Nike, XXL, Slam, The Source, and The James Luxury Hotels, and featured by Mass Appeal, Gen Art, Max Fish, The Grey Worldwide Gallery, and The Art Directors Club.
Coby Kennedy’s latest body of work extends his Afro-Futurist leanings through a deeply personal lens shaped by parenthood. As the father of two young daughters, his engagement with the realities of racism in America has evolved into a metaphorical exploration of ancestral lineage and protection—bulletproof Kevlar® canvases, pigmented with rust, stretched onto roughly soldered, geometrically shaped metal frames.
A Pratt Institute and Columbia MFA graduate born and raised in Washington, DC, his work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Guardian, and La Repubblica, with collaborations including Kohler Europe, Honda, Sony Japan, and Ferrari S.p.A.
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Founded in 2023 by artist and curator Lili Almog, L’SPACE Gallery is a contemporary art gallery dedicated to research-driven, thematically focused exhibitions that foreground strong visual languages and experimental practices.