Past is Prologue I

Jess Atieno

Past is Prologue I, 2022183 x 183cmSign in to view price
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serigraph on canvasGalerie Cécile Fakhoury
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork presents a striking juxtaposition of black-and-white imagery and vibrant green foliage. The composition features a large crowd of individuals, their faces obscured by the heavy contrast and overlapping figures. The overall effect is one of chaos and density, with the verdant plant life creating a sense of enclosure around the densely packed human forms. The artist's style employs a bold, graphic approach, utilizing high contrast and the interplay of positive and negative space to convey a sense of social unrest or political upheaval. The historical context suggests this work may be a commentary on issues of human rights or social justice. ...

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Jess Atieno
Artist
Jess Atieno
B.1991, Kenyan

Jess Atieno maintains a practice informed by inquiries on place, home and dispossession through the lens of the postcolonial. Atieno sees herself as carrying inscriptions of a colonial past. Studying as an adult in the US made her increasingly unable to situate herself in a static reality of belonging. With this inspiration, Atieno time travels into history through its material remains: historical photographs, maps and documents, employing them in prints, installations and tapestry. She turns to the idea of place as the transformative site of hybridity that offers alternative strategies for and models of representation within the post-colonial. ...

Jess Atieno: Artworks
Of Ghostly Silences And Constant Yearnings I
Jess Atieno
Of Ghostly Silences And Constant Yearnings I, 2022
122 x 194cm
Bikra
Jess Atieno
Bikra, 2023
147 x 106cm
Broken to be made whole
Jess Atieno
Broken to be made whole, 2022
251 x 145cm
Hauntings I
Jess Atieno
Hauntings I, 2022
92 x 92cm
Hauntings II
Jess Atieno
Hauntings II, 2022
92 x 92cm
I am the glory that you seek, the destruction
Jess Atieno
I am the glory that you seek, the destruction, 2022
241 x 145cm
Ibada
Jess Atieno
Ibada, 2023
163 x 107cm
It is kind of you to take off your hat
Jess Atieno
It is kind of you to take off your hat, 2020
150 x 106cm
Memories of this place I
Jess Atieno
Memories of this place I, 2022
193.5 x 122.5cm
Memories of this place II
Jess Atieno
Memories of this place II, 2022
198.5 x 122cm
Of Ghostly Silences and Constant Yearnings
Jess Atieno
Of Ghostly Silences and Constant Yearnings
180 x 120cm
Of Ghostly Silences And Constant Yearnings II
Jess Atieno
Of Ghostly Silences And Constant Yearnings II, 2022
122 x 194cm
Past is Prologue
Jess Atieno
Past is Prologue, 2021
100 x 180cm
Past is Prologue I
Jess Atieno
Past is Prologue I, 2022
183 x 183cm
Past is Prologue II
Jess Atieno
Past is Prologue II, 2022
183 x 183cm
Past is Prologue III
Jess Atieno
Past is Prologue III, 2022
183 x 183cm
Place, Belonging I
Jess Atieno
Place, Belonging I, 2022
196 x 118cm
Place, Belonging II
Jess Atieno
Place, Belonging II, 2022
196 x 118cm
Take me to your river
Jess Atieno
Take me to your river, 2022
90 x 140cm
Tangents of place
Jess Atieno
Tangents of place, 2022
90 x 140cm
The Weight of Whispers
Jess Atieno
The Weight of Whispers, 2021
100 x 150cm
This Is my body, which Is given for you II
Jess Atieno
This Is my body, which Is given for you II, 2022
183 x 183cm
Trance I
Jess Atieno
Trance I, 2022
90 x 140cm
Trance II
Jess Atieno
Trance II, 2022
90 x 140cm
Weight of whispers
Jess Atieno
Weight of whispers, 2021
167 x 219cm
He gathers the loaters of the sea into jars. He puts the deep into storehouse
Jess Atieno
He gathers the loaters of the sea into jars. He puts the deep into storehouse, 2023
I contain multitudes
Jess Atieno
I contain multitudes, 2023
In the time of kings & queens
Jess Atieno
In the time of kings & queens, 2023
119 x 90cm
Look, see, I have clothed myself in your love II
Jess Atieno
Look, see, I have clothed myself in your love II, 2023
I also don’t know
Jess Atieno
I also don’t know, 2020
182 x 117cm
It is kind of you to take off your hat
Jess Atieno
It is kind of you to take off your hat, 2020
150 x 106cm
Past is Prologue IV
Jess Atieno
Past is Prologue IV, 2022
183 x 183cm
This Is my body, which Is given for you I
Jess Atieno
This Is my body, which Is given for you I, 2022
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Fragments (I)
Jess Atieno
Fragments (I), 2023
118.5 x 87cm
Fragments (III)
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Fragments (III), 2023
122 x 87cm
Fragments (II)
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Fragments (II), 2023
119.5 x 87.5cm
Galerie Cécile Fakhoury
Gallery
Galerie Cécile Fakhoury
Abidjan, Paris, Dakar

Galerie Cecile Fakhoury opened its doors in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in September 2012. In May 2018, the gallery inaugurated its second space in Dakar, Senegal and a showroom in Paris, France. Shortly after, in March 2020, a new project space dedicated to emerging artists from Africa opened in Abidjan. In October 2021, Galerie Cecile Fakhoury inaugurated another gallery, opening in the 8th arrondissement of Paris on Avenue Matignon. The gallery promotes contemporary art from Africa and the Diaspora by providing visibility to the artistic diversity and creative spirit from the continent. Through its programming of solo and group exhibitions, participation in international art fairs, biennales, and collaboration with international galleries, Cecile Fakhoury is a leading force putting contemporary African art on the global map. The artists represented by the gallery are distinguished by their cultural identities and stories, they create a new language that crosses geographical boundaries and familiarities. They are observers of the world they live in, critics of society, and committed to their positions living within complex histories. In turn, they ask us to reconsider our own relation to the world. ...

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