13.09.2019ā€”26.10.2019

Ramaya Tegegne

Art, Solo exhibition, Milano

Monday – Friday: 10:30-17:30
Saturday: 14:00-18:00

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Dates
13.09.2019
26.10.2019
Location
Milano
Category
Art, Solo exhibition
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Monday – Friday: 10:30-17:30
Saturday: 14:00-18:00

Istituto Svizzero is pleased to present ā€œI is we, we is them, them is us, us is I, I is you and you is Iā€, first solo exhibition in Italy by Swiss artist Ramaya Tegegne.

Ramaya Tegegneā€™s installations, performances, publications, and projects investigate the economics of art production, display, representation, and reception. She often cites other artists and artworks to do so. Tegegneā€™s preoccupations for this exhibition lay on the intersection of feminist and activist discourses. She explores collaborative practices, cooperation, conversations as a means of sharing knowledge as well as deconstructing the social preconditions and dominant mechanisms of the art field. The title of the show is a borrowed quote by Sister Souljah, an Afro-American ā€œraptivistā€, author, recording artist and community activist.

Ramaya Tegegne (based in Geneva, Switzerland) has presented solo exhibitions at Kevin Space, Vienna (2019); VIS, Hamburg (2018); Park View / Paul Soto, Brussels (2018); Galerie Maria Bernheim, Zurich (2018); First Continent, Baltimore (2017); Fri Art Kunsthalle Fribourg (2015); and Marbriers 4, Geneva (2014). Her performances have been presented at Kunsthalle Basel (2018); Kunsthalle Bern (2017); and the Swiss Institute, New York (2016) amongst others.
She is co-founder of the art and critical theory bookshop La Dispersion in Geneva. In 2017, she launched the campaign ‘Wages For Wages Against’, for the remuneration of artists in Switzerland and beyond.

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Ramaya Tegegne, ā€œI is we, we is them, them is us, us is I, I is you and you is Iā€, installation view at Istituto Svizzero, Milan, 13 September - 26 October 2019. Photo: Ā© Giulio Boem

Ramaya Tegegne, ā€œI is we, we is them, them is us, us is I, I is you and you is Iā€, installation view at Istituto Svizzero, Milan, 13 September - 26 October 2019. Photo: Ā© Giulio Boem

14) Ramara Tegegne, Genzkens/Wilsons (detail), 2019. 5 Nefertiti bustsā€™ replica, sunglasses

Ramaya Tegegne, ā€œI is we, we is them, them is us, us is I, I is you and you is Iā€, installation view at Istituto Svizzero, Milan, 13 September - 26 October 2019. Photo: Ā© Giulio Boem

Ramara Tegegne, Chicagos (detail), 2019. 24 ceramic plates

Ramaya Tegegne, ā€œI is we, we is them, them is us, us is I, I is you and you is Iā€, installation view at Istituto Svizzero, Milan, 13 September - 26 October 2019. Photo: Ā© Giulio Boem

Ramaya Tegegne, 'Our Bodies Ourselves' (detail), 2018. Pages from four editions of the publication Our Bodies Ourselves

Women, Aids & Activism, The Act Up/New York Women & Aids Book Group, 1990, p. 217