Lehmann Maupin returns to West Bund for the sixth time with a presentation that foregrounds personal history and identity as the cornerstone of collective narrative. The works on view carefully draw connections between disparate geographies and generations, emphasizing the use of symbolism in picture-making. Highlights include new works by Lari Pittman, whose solo exhibition is on view at Lehmann Maupin New York; Lee Bul’s materially-driven Perdu paintings; plus a focused presentation highlighting two women artists in the program: Chantal Joffe, who is best known for painting intimate portraits of her family and friends, and the late artist Heidi Bucher, whose solo exhibition is on view at the Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing.

Debuting at the fair is a new work by American artist Dominic Chambers, who creates vibrant paintings that simultaneously engage art historical models, such as color-field painting and gestural abstraction, and contemporary concerns around race, identity, and the necessity for leisure and reflection. In a new series of paintings featuring basketball courts, landscape has personal resonance for the artist, functioning as a space to examine and confront past trauma. The court itself is illuminated with a rainbow prism. Here, Chambers renders the prism entirely opaque, emphasizing the lines that outline the court to suggest that the space is performative—one where masculinity is negotiated. Works from this series are included in the artist’s solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis.