SB15 tour: Kalba Ice Factory
Photos and information of artworks at the Kalba Ice Factory. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.
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A Tale of Time and Purple Republic. 2013–2022
Historical handwoven smock fabrics on new fabrics
8000 x 900 cm
Ibrahim Mahama’s work grapples with themes of migration, globalisation, economic exchange and colonialism. His large-scale installations surface narratives of capitalism, global trade, crisis and injustice in materials reclaimed from the built environment of his native Ghana. In A Tale of Time and Purple Republic (2013–2022), the artist brings together different production systems into a single work, which combines hand woven traditional fabric with a large loom. Historically passed on from one generation to another, the textiles are stained with the residues of traditional practices, which leave traces of the relationships between the bodies, who originally manufactured them.
(Text at the exhibition. © Sharjah Art Foundation)
One of the seven Special Mentions of Sharjah Biennial 15.
See also:
Works at Old Al Dhaid Clinic
© Photos: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
Photos and information of artworks at the Kalba Ice Factory. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.