FARAH AL QASIMI · MOUNIRA AL SOLH · WILLIAM KENTRIDGE · DADA KHANYISA · TARIK KISWANSON · NEO MATLOGA · CASSI NAMODA · WAEL SHAWKY · SUNG TIEU
HI-STORYTELLING
March 11 - May 8, 2021
show extended until August 28
Made possible through the generous support of Stiftung Kunstfonds
WAEL SHAWKY
Wael Shawky (b. 1971, Alexandria, Egypt) lives and works in Alexandria and Philadelphia (USA). In 2010, he founded MASS Alexandria, Egypt, (an independent non-profit contemporary art school that provides spaces for art practices, interdisciplinary research, and critical thinking education). Shawky has received numerous awards for his work, including Honorary Citizenship of the City of Palermo (2017); Sharjah Biennial Prize (2013); Louis Vuitton Prize for Cinematic Work; Kino der Kunst, Munich (2013); Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Dubai, joint winner (2012); Ernst Schering Foundation Art Prize, Berlin (2011); Grand Prize, 25th Alexandria Biennial (2009). Alexandria Biennial (2009). In 2011 he was artist in residence at the Center for Possible Studies, Serpentine Gallery, London.
Wael Shawky, Untitled, 2018, HI-STORYTELLING, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
SUNG TIEU
Sung Tieu (b. 1987, Hai Duong, Vietnam) is a visual artist whose practice traverses a range of media, primarily installation, sound, moving image, sculpture, and photography. Her practice struggles with notions of displacement through the lens of cultural belonging and global capitalism. Tieu's work is an abstraction of her research, in which she considers the interdependent historical and contemporary constructions of power that define culture and its consumption today. Her recent exhibitions include Haus der Kunst (Munich), Royal Academy of Arts (London), Manggha Museum (Krakow), Asian Film Archive (Singapore), Piper Keys (London), and Nha San (Hanoi).
Sung Tieu, No Gods, No Masters, 2017, HI-STORYTELLING, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Sung Tieu, No Gods, No Masters (Excerpt), 2017, HI-STORYTELLING, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Sung Tieu, Newspaper: Troops Employ Phantastic New Tools in 'Nam; Life Plods Along in Mekong; Destination: Black Virgin Mountain, and Two Word, Four Spirits, 2017, HI-STORYTELLING, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
