RHODES

65 Great Portland Street

London, W1W 7LW

10 April - 2 MAY 2026

OPENING RECEPTION:

THURSDAY 9. April 6 - 8pm

RHODES presents Head Over Heels, a new body of work by Kevin Sabo. This exhibition marks the artist’s second solo show with the gallery, following his sold-out 2025 debut Louche.

Working within a restrained palette of black and cream, punctuated by controlled flashes of colour, Sabo pushes proportion to the edge of theatricality. Figures tilt, elongate and swell, charged with a heightened, almost electrical presence. Drawing on the amplified codes of drag — femininity cranked beyond naturalism, suspended between demure poise and unapologetic display — Sabo constructs characters that feel at once archetypal and intimate. The seductress, the pop icon, manicured poodles, fish bowls and caged birds circulate as recurring motifs: classic iconographies reanimated to carry both allure and satire.

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