Paul Maheke Untitled I, 2023 Graphite on paper, framed Paper dimensions: 76 x 49 cm
Paul Maheke’s (b. 1985, France) practice spans performance, video, sound and installation incorporating simple gestures placed in public space. His work examines entrenched stories and representations often emerging from the Western imagination.
Untitled I is a new work that was shown for the first time as part of Maheke’s recent solo exhibition - Ancestral Musing - at the London gallery earlier this year. This work and the exhibitionsaw Maheke offer drawing as an extension of his practice for the first time.
Recent solo exhibitions include Shifted Realities, Galerie Rudolfinum (2023); You and I, Kunsthalle Bratislava (2022); We took a sip from the devil’s cup, Project Arts Centre, Dublin (2022); A fire circle for a public hearing, The High Line, New York (2022); As the days move into nights, Diagonale, Montreal (2022); A fire circle for a public hearing, Chisenhale, London (2018); and I Lost Track of the Swarm, South London Gallery, London (2016).
Selected group exhibitions include: Le souffle des ancêtres- at the Biennale du Congo in Kinshasa (2022),Temporary Atlas: Mapping the Self in the Art of Today At Mostyn in Wales, Future Generation Art Prize 2021 at the 59th Venice Biennale in Italy (2022),Afternessat ArtAngel London in Orford Ness (2021), Le centre ne peut tenir Lafayette Anticipations in Paris (2018),Ten Days Six Nights at Tate Modern in London (2017), and the Diaspora Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017).
