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From Modern to Contemporary
June 11
— August 17,
2021
About
CFHILL and Addis Fine Art are delighted to present From Modern to Contemporary: Artists from the Horn of Africa and Diaspora, Scandinavia’s first major survey exhibition of artists from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, and the region’s diaspora. The exhibition features nineteen artists who address a multitude of emotive, relevant, and timeless subject matters in their works, which combine here to reflect the many complexities of the human condition. It has been curated in close collaboration with Addis Fine Art, a pioneering gallery based in Addis Ababa and London. Founded in 2016 by Rakeb Sile and Mesai Haileleul, Addis Fine Art strives to promote artists from the Horn of Africa region and its diasporas by granting them both local and international exposure.
From Modern to Contemporary: Artists from the Horn of Africa and Diaspora is structured along thematic and chronological lines, and divided into four sections. First is The Modernists, those highly regarded Ethiopian artists who first emerged from the Alle School of Fine Arts—the oldest art school in East Africa—in the 1970s. The Contemporary, mid-career artists who were largely taught by the Modernists. The Diaspora includes artists who have roots in the Horn of Africa, but are now located all over the world. In the final category, The Emerging artists, we encounter the new vanguard of contemporary artists that is currently emerging from the continent and the diaspora.
Rakeb Sile & Mesai Haileleul Addis Fine Art gallery in Addis Ababa and London
Interview — June 2, 2021
From Modern to Contemporary: Artists from the Horn of Africa and Diaspora Tadesse Mesfin, Merikokeb Berhanu, Tesfaye Urgessa, Tizta Berhanu, Tariku Shiferaw among others
Tesfaye Urgessa, VUPs VIII, 2019, Oil on canvas, 120 x 110 cm
Tesfaye Urgessa, Gesicht III, 2019, Oil on canvas, 155 x 125 cm
Tesfaye Urgessa, Wandering Man, 2019, Oil on canvas, 120 x 110 cm
Selome Muleta, Tsédal XX, 2021, Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
Selome Muleta, Tsédal XXI, 2021, Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 110 x 100 cm
Selome Muleta, Tsédal XI, 2020, Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 150 x 130 cm
Selome Muleta, Tsédal VII, 2020, Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Girma Berta, Moving Shadows II, V, 2017, Digital Archival Print, 90 x 90 cm
Girma Berta, Moving Shadows II, VIII, 2017, Digital Archival Print, 90 x 90 cm
Girma Berta, Moving Shadows I, II, 2015, Digital Archival Print, 40 x 40 cm
Atong Atem, Eva in Green, 2020, Photography, Ilford smooth pearl print, 90 x 60 cm
Atong Atem, Ruth with Veil, 2020, Photography, Ilford smooth pearl print, 90 x 60 cm
Atong Atem, Sahara, 2020, Photography, Ilford smooth pearl print, 90 x 60 cm
Girmachew Getnet, Circle, III, 2021, Acrylic and charcoal, clay pencil on art-cardboard, 150 x 108 cm
Girmachew Getnet, Circle V, 2021, Acrylic and charcoal, clay pencil on art-cardboard, 150 x 108 cm
Girmachew Getnet, Circle I, 2021, Acrylic and charcoal, clay pencil, on art-cardboard, 150 x 108 cm
Daniela Yohannes, Ontological Terror, 2021 Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 162 cm
Daniela Yohannes, Oblivion, 2019, Acrylic on linen, 116 x 89 cm
Tizta Berhanu, Dispute with the Situation, 2020, Oil on canvas, 115 x 120 cm
Tizta Berhanu, Discontent, 2020, Oil on canvas, 150 x 180 cm
Tizta Berhanu, Oneness, 2020, Oil on canvas, 143 x 240 cm
Tizta Berhanu, Intimacy, 2020, Oil on canvas, 110 x 100 cm
Tadesse Mesfin, Pillars of Life Patience II, 2020, Oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm
Tadesse Mesfin, Pillars of Life: Saturday Market VII, 2021, Oil on canvas, 195 x 130 cm
Lulseged Retta, The Root, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 140 cm
Lulseged Retta, African Jazz, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
Lulseged Retta, Setate, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 138 x 180 cm
Addis Gezehagn, White Floating Tower III, 2019, Acrylic and paper on canvas, 162 x 130 cm
Addis Gezehagn, Floating City XX, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 170 x 140 cm
Ermias Kifleyesus, Three-Thousand-Century Human, 2020, Mixed media, collage, oil on canvas, 180 x 135 cm
Ermias Kifleyesus, Photo of Lost Possibilities, 2018, Mixed media, collage, oil on canvas, 145 x 175 cm
Tariku Shiferaw, Get Me Home (Foxy Brown), 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 152.4 x 121.9 cm
Tariku Shiferaw, ATM (J. Cole), 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 101.6 x 76.2 cm
Tariku Shiferaw, Sky Walker (Miguel), 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 101.6 x 76.2 cm
Tariku Shiferaw, Skybox (Gunna), 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 101.6 x 76.2 cm
Tsedaye Makonnen, Senait & Nahom | The Peacemaker & The Comforter I, 2019, Acrylic mirror, LED light bulbs, lighting wiring, 243.8 x 30.5 cm
Tegene Kunbi, Red Panther, 2021, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
Tegene Kunbi, Blue Panther, 2021, Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Tegene Kunbi, Untitled, 2021, Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm
Tegene Kunbi, Melting Pot , 2021, Oil on canvas, 128 x 160 cm
Nigatu Tsehay, Eyewitness VII, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
Nigatu Tsehay, I Exist IV, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 153 x 185 cm
Helina Metaferia, Headdress XX, 2021, Collage, Mixed Media, 71.1 x 71.1 cm
Helina Metaferia, Headdress XIX, 2021, Collage, Mixed Media, 71.1 x 48.3 cm
Adiskidan Ambaye, Queen of Sheba, 2020, Plywood, 70 x 32 x 20 cm
Adiskidan Ambaye, Liberty, 2019, Plywood, 97 x 48 x 30 cm
Adiskidan Ambaye, Solitude, 50 x 100 x 30 cm, Plywood
Merikokeb Berhanu, Untitled LIII, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm
Merikokeb Berhanu, Untitled LV, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm
Merikokeb Berhanu, Untitled LIV, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm
Yasmeen Abdullah, The Box, 2021, Acrylic on Canvas, 87 x 78 cm
Yasmeen Abdullah, Who is the Immigrant, we or the Homeland, 2021, Acrylic on Canvas, 65 x 85 cm
Yasmeen Abdullah, The Unlimited Change, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 110 x 110 cm
Yasmeen Abdullah, The Box, 2021, Acrylic on Canvas, 87 x 78 cm
