Past is Prologue IV

Jess Atieno

Past is Prologue IV, 2022183 x 183cmSign in to view price
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impression sur toile serigraph on canvasGalerie Cécile Fakhoury
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This black and white image captures a dense, crowded scene of a large group of people gathered together. The composition is striking, with the figures occupying the majority of the frame and creating a visually striking pattern of shapes and shadows. The overall tone is somber and monochromatic, with the figures blending into the surrounding foliage. The artwork appears to depict a historical event or gathering, conveying a sense of both social and political significance. The artist's intentional use of contrast, texture, and negative space suggests a desire to document and preserve this pivotal moment in time. ...

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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
Bikra
Jess AtienoBikra, 2023
147 x 106cm
Hauntings I
Hauntings II
Ibada
Jess AtienoIbada, 2023
163 x 107cm
Past is Prologue
Trance I
Trance II
Fragments (I)
Fragments (III)
Fragments (II)
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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