Exhibition: Dawit L. Petros: Recollections

This solo exhibition continues Petros’ inquiries into the complex relationship between African and European histories of colonialism and modernity.

Petros’ aesthetics are anchored on the visual syntax of abstraction.

The language of the exhibition brings together highly representational images - for example, a photograph of a figure in the landscape, or a mural of a crane - in proximity to spare iconography (serigraphs, a sculpture).

Abstraction and figuration are posited in open, unresolved tensions that point towards pluralities of readings. Furthermore, the restrained visual forms pose questions about aesthetic beauty and what kind of visual language is most appropriate for analyzing charged colonial histories.