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<i>Untitled Life</i>, Tiwani Contemporary, 2014
Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life | Tiwani Contemporary Untitled Life, Tiwani Contemporary, 2014
<i>Black and White Chair</i>, 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 50 x 50cm
Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life | Tiwani Contemporary Black and White Chair, 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 50 x 50cm
<i>Get Up, Stand Up</i>, 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 85 x 90cm
Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life | Tiwani Contemporary Get Up, Stand Up, 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 85 x 90cm
<i>Untitled Life</i>, Tiwani Contemporary, 2014
Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life | Tiwani Contemporary Untitled Life, Tiwani Contemporary, 2014
<i>Family Face</i> series, 2012, wood cut and mixed media, 70 x 75cm each
Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life | Tiwani Contemporary Family Face series, 2012, wood cut and mixed media, 70 x 75cm each
<i>Untitled Life</i>, Tiwani Contemporary, 2014
Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life | Tiwani Contemporary Untitled Life, Tiwani Contemporary, 2014
<i>Untitled</i>, 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 90 x 95cm
Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life | Tiwani Contemporary Untitled, 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 90 x 95cm
<i>Untitled Life 4</i>, 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 90 x 95cm
Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life | Tiwani Contemporary Untitled Life 4, 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 90 x 95cm
<i>Untitled 3</i> (<i>Portrait</i> series), 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 32 x 32cm
Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life | Tiwani Contemporary Untitled 3 (Portrait series), 2013, wood cut and mixed media, 32 x 32cm

Ephrem Solomon

Untitled Life

21 February 2014 - 29 March 2014

Private View: Thursday 20 February 2014, 6:30 – 8:30pm. rsvp to info@tiwani.co.uk

Tiwani Contemporary presents Untitled Life, a selection of wood cut and mixed media works by Ethiopian artist Ephrem Solomon. The exhibition is Solomon's debut with Tiwani Contemporary and his first in London.

With Untitled Life, Ephrem Solomon presents his observations on the city of Addis Ababa, its histories and inhabitants, resulting in works that provide both personal narratives and political ones that reach beyond Solomon's locale, speaking to a contemporary global audience. The works allude to regional instabilities and tensions - particularly the isolation of displacement and social upheaval - through the use of archival materials and repeated symbols. One notes the absence of bodies in chairs or feet in slippers. Highlighted by the ambiguity of location and pose, Solomon's 'untitled', anonymous sitters offer an indirect gaze that suggests inner struggle.

About the Artist

Born in 1983 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ephrem Solomon studied Graphic Arts at Entoto TVET College, Addis Ababa. His portraits and still lifes capitalise on the expressionist quality of woodcutting and its potential for bold, flat patterns and rough-hewn textures. Recent exhibitions include: the 6th Edition of the East Africa Art Biennale, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2013); African Aesthetics, Addis Ababa University Institute of Ethiopian Studies Museum (2013); and Contemporary African Art and its Caricature, IchonoYakata Gallery, Yokohama City University, Japan (2013).

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