Our fellow Jelili Atiku is a part of a group exhibition 'Catch the Invisible' at Galerie Atiss Dakar, curated by Dr Jareh Das and Aissa Dione, together with Ana Beatriz Almeida, Elolo Bosoka, Serigne Mbaye Camara, Ibiye Camp, Tessi Kodjovi, Marica Kure, Alberto Pitta, A. Sika and Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu.


Galerie Atiss Dakar announces the two-part group exhibition on the occasion of #theOFFisON. Set across two sites – Galerie Atiss in Dakar-Medina and Atelier Aïssa Dione Tissus in Sodida, Dakar, the exhibition is grounded in a theme connecting the materiality, spirituality, and symbolism of Brazil and West Africa. The title indicates the many forms of communication through gestures and meanings outside canonized or indoctrinated language and the systems of power and control from which they emerged; instead, it favors knowledge passed down across generations that can be ancestral or looking within one’s context, landscape and surroundings for what is beyond the visible. New and existing artworks by an intergeneration of artists compare the physiologies, origins, and histories passed down from generation to generation while working with an array of themes dealing with collective memory, ancestry, spirituality, reuse, and reinterpretation. 

Jelili Atiku has expressed his political concerns for human rights and justice through various mediums such as drawing, installation sculpture, photography, video, and live art performances. He aims to broaden the viewers’ horizons and help them comprehend the world around them so they can enhance their understanding and experiences and bring about change in their lives and surroundings. Atiku’s presentation will focus on his rarely exhibited yet extensive drawing practice rooted in Yoruba symbolism.


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You can see the exhibition until 20 July

Photo @ Jelili Atiku