Her art is weird but wonderful... and her recent work has explored what she sees as "interchangeability and metamorphosis" between plants and humans (and women in particular).
She says: "I believe vegetation and humans are one and the same. We eat plants for sustenance, we die and are buried. We become sustenance for the plants."
It all sounds a bit Lion King but actually, to me, it makes perfect sense. Life is eternal – not our own lives, but life – in all its inextricable manifestations.
And Kamala Ibrahim Ishag's paintings do a rather good job of putting us in our place.
State of Oneness continues at Serpentine South, Hyde Park, until 23 January 2023.
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