Michael Armitage
You, Who Are Still Alive
20 May - 04 Sep 2022
Installation view, Michael Armitage, "You, Who Are Still Alive," Kunsthalle Basel, 2022, view on, "Mother’s Milk," 2022. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Installation view, Michael Armitage, "You, Who Are Still Alive," Kunsthalle Basel, 2022, view (f. l. t. r.) on, "Holding Cell," 2021, and, "Witness," 2022. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Installation view, Michael Armitage, "You, Who Are Still Alive," Kunsthalle Basel, 2022, view (f. l. t. r.) on, "Three Boys at Dawn," 2022, and, "Holding Cell," 2021. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Installation view, Michael Armitage, "You, Who Are Still Alive," Kunsthalle Basel, 2022, view on, "Curfew (Likoni March 27, 2020)," 2022. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Kenyan-born artist Michael Armitage (* 1984) creates an ambitious group of new works as the focus of his first exhibition in Switzerland. The moody, sumptuously layered figurative paintings draw equally from past and current events, recollections and mythology, popular culture and art historical references. What results are haunting and provocative reflections on politics, history, civil unrest, and humanity.