Altering Memories
The Africa Centre, June 25 – July 2 2024
Almas Art Foundation is delighted to present Altering Memories, an exhibition of works by Ermias Ekube at the Africa Centre, London.
Altering Memories brings together works from Ekube’s career spanning multiple decades and geographical displacements from Addis Ababa to Asmara, Nairobi and Sweden, where he currently lives and works. Ekube has consistently found community and creative outlet, reestablishing his art practice in each location. This exhibition features works salvaged by Ekube’s artist friends in Addis Ababa, lithographs and paintings from his time in Asmara from private collections, and recent works produced in Sweden, courtesy of Ed Cross Fine Arts. A documentary film on the artist produced by Almas Art Foundation will also be on view throughout the exhibition.
About Ermias Ekube:
Born in 1970 in Addis Ababa, Ermias Ekube studied at the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, a pioneering institution of modern art education in Ethiopia, founded in 1958. From initial experimentations with modernism and poetry to later works highlighting the immigrants’ plight, Ekube’s works have evolved to explore identity, memory, and the humanness that lies in revising memories through the process of recollection. Portraiture has remained a constant fascination for reflecting on the self and the society. Juxtaposing the immediate perceived truth in traditional figurative painting with texts, symbolic objects, and mirrors that inaccurately reflect the flotsam of daily life, Ekube has charged his works with increasing conceptual tension about time and reality throughout his career.
Exhibition information:
Ermias Ekube, Altering Memories
Mandela Space, The Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk St, London SE1 0BL
June 25 – July 2 2024
10 am – 6 pm (Close at 4pm on Sunday)
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