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A fleur de toi, je me noie
A fleur de toi, je me noie
13.02.2025 – 29.03.2025
Jerry Helle
Sakhile&Me
Jerry Helle is a Cameroonian artist living and working in Cologne, Germany. His work is deeply rooted in his personal experiences and explores themes such as freedom, home, and belonging. Through his paintings, Helle raises important questions about cultural value systems and challenges the notion that such values are universal truths. Helle's paintings are characterized by depictions of flowers, birds, and other natural elements that are presented in either a calming or emotionally charged manner. This ambiguity is intentional and reflects Helle's interest in exploring the contrasting polarities of human existence. He uses his art as a means of exploring while also challenging the stereotypes and misconceptions that are often associated with "African art." Through his paintings, Jerry Helle invites viewers to engage with complex and thought-provoking ideas about self-hood, culture, and society. His work serves as a testament to the power of art to affect, challenge, and transform the world around us.
Sakhile&Me
Oberlindau 7
60323 Frankfurt am Main
T. +49 (0)69 - 770 611 00
Di–Fr 14–19 Uhr
Sa 11-17 Uhr
I am all the loves i have ever known
I am all the loves i have ever known
28.11.2024 – 01.02.2025
Nicolas Coleman, Louise Mandumbwa, Nnenna Okore
Sakhile&Me
Sakhile&Me
Oberlindau 7
60323 Frankfurt am Main
T. +49 (0)69 - 770 611 00
Di–Fr 14–19 Uhr
Sa 11-17 Uhr
After I Lost You
After I Lost You
06.09.2024 – 26.10.2024
Samuel Baah Kortey
Sakhile&Me
Sakhile&Me presents Samuel Baah Kortey’s first solo exhibition with the gallery which will open on September 6 on occasion of the Frankfurt Art Experience. The show will include a tapestry installation and a sound piece as well as works on canvas and works on paper.
Frankfurt am Main. Samuel Baah Kortey’s solo exhibition “After I Lost You” opens at Sakhile&Me on Friday, September 6th, from 7-9pm, coinciding with the Frankfurt Art Experience 2024. The artist will be present for the opening to extend a walkthrough of the show, which will be on view until October 26th.
Samuel Baah Kortey's body of work in “After I Lost You” emerges from an archival interest in celebratory objects and diverse cultures’ visual and sonic commemoration language. It explores the fantastic act of dreaming and the lateral thinking of history and life journeys. The montages in the form of a sound piece, a large-scale commemorative textile tapestry, and collage and painting on paper and canvas are reflection tools that explore and highlight various colonial traces hidden in art academic spaces and cities’ substantial street visual language.
The exhibition expands the existing questions of the mundane, historical wills, spirituality, symbolism, and fantasies. It follows from Samuel's Library of Reflection series, which takes diverse forms depending on the location, energy, and space hosting the series, a series that explores what an archive could be and how it could be encountered. “After I Lost You” is a multisensorial presentation that mirrors the feelings of grief and longing for lost connections and dreams due to immigration and the pursuit of better opportunities. The pieces beckon the viewer to immerse themselves in a fantasy world, creating a deeply personal and emotional experience.
About the artist: Samuel Baah Kortey’s holds a BFA and MFA from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule (2013-2022). He is a member of three collectives: blaxTARLINES, Commune6x3, and a cofounder of the Asafo Black Collective. He has shown in the 2020 Stellenbosch Triennial and the 2022 Documenta 15 with his collectives Asafo Black and blaxTARLINES and he recently was a recipient of the Villa Romana fellowship in Florence, Italy.
Sakhile&Me
Oberlindau 7
60323 Frankfurt am Main
T. +49 (0)69 - 770 611 00
Di–Fr 14–19 Uhr
Sa 11-17 Uhr
Things I Knew When I Was Young
Things i knew when i was young
27.06.2024 – 17.08.2024
Amna Elhassan
Sakhile&Me
Amna Elhassans Einzelausstellung durchstreift die Landschaft ihrer Kindheitsfantasien und reflektiert das Wesen des Spiels sowie dessen anhaltenden Einfluss. Ihre farbintensiven Gemälde halten bedeutsame Momente und unvergessliche Objekte fest, während ihre Skulpturen die komplexen Dynamiken von Kinderspielen enthüllen und deren wettbewerbsorientierte und gewalttätige Erzählungen hinterfragen. Begleitet von einer Klanginstallation, die Besuchende in ihre akustischen Erinnerungen eintauchen lässt, stellt Elhassans Werk die Jüngsten in den Mittelpunkt einer von aktuellen Kriegswirren zerrissenen Gesellschaft.
Sakhile&Me
Oberlindau 7
60323 Frankfurt am Main
T. +49 (0)69 - 770 611 00
Di–Fr 14–19 Uhr
Sa 11-17 Uhr
Chasing Butterflies in Harmattan
Chasing Butterflies in Harmattan
12.04.2024 – 25.05.2024
Nnenna Okore
Sakhile&Me
Chasing Butterflies in Harmattan opens at Sakhile&Me on April 12th with works by Nnenna Okore. The title harkens to the improbability in chasing butterflies in Harmattan because it is a dry dust storm season particular to the West African region, where the seasons are marked by wet and dry periods. Harmattan is a time when most plants and animals diminish or die due to the extreme density of dust particles in the air, dryness, and windy conditions. "Chasing Butterflies in Harmattan" is, therefore, an unusual juxtaposition of events because butterflies do not tend to flourish in such harsh conditions.
Chasing Butterflies in Harmattan aims to capture the sense of abnormality linked to climate change and global warming that has brought negative impacts to different biosystems around the world. For instance, some bird species have changed their nesting schedules, and others that depend on warm or cold temperatures have become extinct or switched their patterns of survival due to the unprecedented heat waves and flooding.
By spotlighting butterflies, especially, a species both delicate and vital for the health of ecosystems and threatened by extreme climate conditions, viewers are gently called to cherish the treasures the planet has to offer. The metaphor of butterflies in Harmattan epitomizes our very fragile but beautiful planet. And to think of butterflies in the dry season is to think of a damaged earth.
Sakhile&Me
Oberlindau 7
60323 Frankfurt am Main
T. +49 (0)69 - 770 611 00
Di–Fr 14–19 Uhr
Sa 11-17 Uhr
Akwande: still coming of age
Akwande: still coming of age
08.02.2024 – 30.03.2024
Lloyd Foster, Zana Masombuka
Sakhile&Me
“Akwande: still coming of age” ist die Fortsetzung der virtuellen Ausstellung “Coming of Age” (2021), in der die Galerie erstmals Werke von Lloyd Foster und Zana Masombuka gezeigt hat. Der Zusatz “Akwande” ist Zulu und bedeutet “Lass es reichlich sein / möge es wachsen”. Die Ausstellung umfasst einige der Werke, die 2021 schon Teil von “Coming of Age” waren, ergänzt durch mehrere neue Arbeiten beider Künstler.
Sakhile&Me
Oberlindau 7
60323 Frankfurt am Main
T. +49 (0)69 - 770 611 00
Di–Fr 14–19 Uhr
Sa 11-17 Uhr
Intimations
Intimations
30.11.2023 – 23.12.2023
Osi Audu, Larry Bonćhaka, Kevin Demery, Mbali Dhlamini, Mario Joyce, Sekai Machache, Nnenna Okore, Owanto, Ghizlane Sahli
Sakhile&Me
Sakhile&Me
Oberlindau 7
60323 Frankfurt am Main
T. +49 (0)69 - 770 611 00
Di–Fr 14–19 Uhr
Sa 11-17 Uhr
mundane x sacred x profane
Mundane x sacred x profane
29.06.2023 – 12.08.2023
Valerie Amani / Philip Crawford / Samuel Baah Kortey / Sekai Machache /
Ato Ribeiro
Sakhile&Me
“mundane x sacred x profane” explores the blurring and conjoining between the everyday, the worldly, and the sanctified. Working across different materials and media, each artist unsettles fixed value judgments and, whether in plain sight or covertly veiled, reformulates social narratives through referencing and repositioning specific (albeit not always obvious) everyday objects, symbols, and gestures.
Sakhile&Me
Oberlindau 7
60323 Frankfurt am Main
T. +49 (0)69 - 770 611 00
Di–Fr 14–19 Uhr
Sa 11-17 Uhr
Gravity
Sakhile&ME
Mario Joyce
Mario Joyce's work focuses on ancestry, heritage, and social and cultural awareness, specifically in BIPOC communities. The artist draws on historical, political, and personal narratives and his paintings are figurative compositions with a free-flowing abstracted aesthetic that combines collage from vintage photographs with expressive and gestural painting using oils and acrylics. The thickly layered compositions encompass scenes of both indoor spaces and outdoor foliage.