I found Tanzanian artist Sungi Mlengeya’s paintings … okay so I forget where. She’s been living in my browser for six months, a monochromatic oasis of calm I’ll occasionally linger on while coasting from tab to tab. Her positive-as-negative use of space, as with Rozenn Le Gall’s work on fields of black in last week’s Meanwhile, it's like catnip to a book designer. So striking from a bookshelf, so much space for copy! The “early works” bit of her site is worth a look, where you can trace the development of her approach from one painting to the next; the always-fascinating artists’ journey to a signature style. Intrigued to see where she goes with it next.

Constant III, 2019

Constant II, 2019

In Our Long Dress, 2020

The Hems of Our Skirts, 2020

Across, 2020

Still, 2020

Precontemplation, 2021

Mdoli, 2021