Sakhile&Me

Samuel Baah Kortey

Sakhile&Me presents Samuel Baah Kortey’s first solo exhibition with the gallery which will open on September 6 on occasion of the Frankfurt Art Experience. The show will include a tapestry installation and a sound piece as well as works on canvas and works on paper.

Frankfurt am Main. Samuel Baah Kortey’s solo exhibition “After I Lost You” opens at Sakhile&Me on Friday, September 6th, from 7-9pm, coinciding with the Frankfurt Art Experience 2024. The artist will be present for the opening to extend a walkthrough of the show, which will be on view until October 26th.

Samuel Baah Kortey's body of work in “After I Lost You” emerges from an archival interest in celebratory objects and diverse cultures’ visual and sonic commemoration language. It explores the fantastic act of dreaming and the lateral thinking of history and life journeys. The montages in the form of a sound piece, a large-scale commemorative textile tapestry, and collage and painting on paper and canvas are reflection tools that explore and highlight various colonial traces hidden in art academic spaces and cities’ substantial street visual language.

The exhibition expands the existing questions of the mundane, historical wills, spirituality, symbolism, and fantasies. It follows from Samuel's Library of Reflection series, which takes diverse forms depending on the location, energy, and space hosting the series, a series that explores what an archive could be and how it could be encountered. “After I Lost You” is a multisensorial presentation that mirrors the feelings of grief and longing for lost connections and dreams due to immigration and the pursuit of better opportunities. The pieces beckon the viewer to immerse themselves in a fantasy world, creating a deeply personal and emotional experience.

About the artist: Samuel Baah Kortey’s holds a BFA and MFA from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule (2013-2022). He is a member of three collectives: blaxTARLINES, Commune6x3, and a cofounder of the Asafo Black Collective. He has shown in the 2020 Stellenbosch Triennial and the 2022 Documenta 15 with his collectives Asafo Black and blaxTARLINES and he recently was a recipient of the Villa Romana fellowship in Florence, Italy.