Bowman Sculpture in St James's, London, has opened Indigenous Logics of the Fractured Self, a group exhibition developed with ADA Contemporary that brings together six West African artists working across wood, metal, ceramics and glass. The show runs from October 2 to November 27. The lineup spans generations: El Anatsui, Alimi Adewale, Niyi Olagunju and Reuben Ugbine bring decades of practice and international recognition, while Myles Igwebuike and Amanda Offor contribute something rawer and more immediate. The exhibition is built around a central proposition — that sculpture can be read not for what it remembers but for what it knows — and the works are staged to converse with one another, each responding to inherited tradition in its own way. Here heritage is treated as material to be carried forward, broken apart and reassembled, rather than preserved untouched; the 'fractured self' of the title names the gap between what is inherited and what is made new. ADA Contemporary founder Adora Mba framed the show as a deliberate alternative to a single narrative about African sculpture, insisting each artist carries a distinct history, material vocabulary and point of view. The dialogue between them, she argued, is built on curiosity and craftsmanship rather than forced thematic unity — a picture of how varied and alive contemporary African sculpture is right now. For Bowman Sculpture, the show is something of a landmark. Director Mica Bowman has built the gallery's reputation almost entirely around European sculpture and spoke openly about wanting it to become a genuine destination for serious sculpture from anywhere in the world. She described the partnership with Mba as essential, allowing the gallery to bring in artists and ideas with a level of authenticity it could not have achieved alone, and called the exhibition 'the beginning of an exciting new chapter.' The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 6pm, and Saturdays 11am to 5pm.