Dawit Abebe Ethiopia, b. 1978

ARTISTS

Dawit Abebe, Olasunkanmi Akomolehin, Cristina BanBan, Yevgeniya Baras, William Bradley, Giorgio Celin, Chris Engman, Kimia Ferdowsi Kline, Seong Joon Hong, Chris Hood, Michael John Kelly, Alexander Kroll, Doron Langberg, Sandeep Mukherjee, Jennifer Packer, Adrianne Rubenstein, Kyungmi Shin, Levan Songulashvili, Panos Tsagaris, Rachel Eulena Williams & Liat Yossifor

INFORMATION


On 21 June, we will showcase 21 works by the 21 artists who have been our guests as artists-in-residence over the past 10 years of 68projects by KORNFELD – with ‘Berlin on My Mind’. We are celebrating our 10 years with 68projects by KORNFELD and the 10 years of our artist-in-residence program, but also our future, which we hope to keep creating in Berlin. In Berlin, international artists look for new perspectives, a place where ideas mingle
Opening: June 21 2024, 6 pm
Exhibition: June 21 – August 24 2024, Tue – Sat, 11 am – 6 pm
68projects by KORNFELD, Fasanenstr. 68, 10719 Berlin

Based in his hometown Addis Ababa, Dawit Abebe is a seasoned traveller who draws inspiration from the countries and places he visits. His critical observations force him to try and make sense of contemporary everyday life both at local and global levels. Liminal in the age of mobile-ty consists of seven paintings on canvas. The artist uses the smartphone and social media images and symbols as a starting point to explore the intricacy of human communication aided by advanced technology. He is concerned with what happens in the space in-between when the interaction is erratic and fragmentations and disconnections occur, be it in history, knowledge, time and space. This body of work follows Dawit Abebe’s X-Privacy series from 2012, in which he critically examines the themes of power and individual and collective freedom.