Abstract
- ‘Who? Me?’ showcases new self-portraits throughout media by international up to date artists
- Centered on Samuel Fosso’s work, the present explores id and cultural resistance
Hannah Traore Gallery levels Who? Me?, a bunch exhibition centered on various self-portraits and the assorted mediums used to create them. Curated by founder Hannah Traore with help from Gallery Supervisor Morgan Mitchell, the present spans portray, images, sculpture and combined media. The presentation expands conventional notions of self-portraiture, highlighting its conceptual, sculptural and performative dimensions.
The exhibition options works by Kesewa Aboah, Turiya Adkins, Bre Andy, Yagazie Emezi, Arlina Cai, Renee Cox, Camila Falquez, Alanna Fields, Samuel Fosso, Luzene Hill, Misha Japanwala, OLUSEYE and Anya Paintsil. Most of the works have been created particularly for the present and are being publicly exhibited for the primary time.
Anchored by Samuel Fosso’s iconic black-and-white portraits from Nineteen Seventies Central African Republic, the exhibition brings his legacy into dialog with new interpretations from artists like Japanwala, whose sculptures evoke bodily presence and Paintsil who reframes selfhood via textile abstraction.
Impressed by Traore’s undergraduate research, Who? Me? traces self-portraiture as a instrument of visibility and authorship. From remedy to rise up, the artist’s method turns into a website of reminiscence and resistance, underscoring self-portraiture’s enduring position in shaping id.
Hannah Traore Gallery
150 Orchard St.
New York, NY 10002
