\Kaloki NyamaiUnlimited Dining in Chaos
Opening: Friday, 3 November 2023
6–9 pm04.11. - 22.12.2023
Kaloki Nyamai, *1985 in Kitui, Kenya, lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya
Photos: Jens Ziehe
Galerie Barbara Thumm proudly presents „Unlimited Dining in Chaos“, featuring exceptional works of Kenyan artist Kaloki Nyamai.
Nyamai’s monumental series is now for the first time on view in Berlin, following his recent presentation at Art Basel Unlimited in Basel 2023. Each of the three pieces, measuring approximately 6 x 4 m, challenges traditional artistic norms, persuading viewers to explore the intricate layers of human experience.
Nyamai’s understanding of painting as a sculptural medium blurs the lines of traditional painting, mixing acrylic paint, layered collages, and stitchings in sisal rope on the canvas. These large creations hang suspended from the gallery’s ceiling, inviting visitors to immerse themselves in their narratives.
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Selected Works
Kaloki Nyamai
200 x 205 cm
Kaloki Nyamai
200 x 200 cm
Kaloki Nyamai
200 x 205 cm
Kaloki Nyamai
600 x 400 cm
Kaloki Nyamai
600 x 400 cm
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\Valérie FavreIntérieurs
Opening: Friday, 3 November 2023
6–9 pm04.11. - 22.12.2023
Valérie Favre, *1959 in Evilard, Switzerland
lives and works in Berlin
Photos: Jens Ziehe
Valérie Favres paintings open up fresh narratives and conceptual perspectives, moving between figuration and abstraction.
Her works are dominated by a fictional world made up of contrasts, contradictions, resistance and restlessness.
She works in an openly experimental manner, using a repertory informed by art history. Her demands of the medium are extensive; she is always engaged in a radical interrogation both painting and artistic work processes. Favre paints scenes developed over the course of several years in large series and work cycles. The exhibition “Intérieurs” traces some of these series back to their beginnings and shows an early group of works, painted when Favre first moved to Berlin, between 2000 and 2001. Many of her later motifs and compositions can be already found in the large scale paintings.
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