Please join us on Sunday 12 Oct, 2pm-4pm, at Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix for a conversation between poet, rapper, and multidisciplinary artist Kuamen and curator Christine Eyene.
Hosted as part of “Kuamen: Creep to the mic like a phantom”, curated by Eyene, the conversation will introduce the dialogue that has led to the exhibition’s theme and selection of works.
Beyond visual practice, it will explore the diverse genres of music, notably hip-hop, that accompany both the artist and curator’s respective thinking, making, and writing, across identity formation, assertion, and social positioning.
Likewise, the artist and curator will share poems and excerpts of texts informing some of the works in the exhibition, their interpretation, and their inscription within Afro-European experiences — specifically in the French context —, as well as Afro-Diasporic resonances in Britain and beyond.
Finally, the conversation will situate Kuamen’s work within various art historical geographies, chronologies, and genres: from the heritage of African masks to the Black aesthetics of Barkley Hendricks, via Caravaggio.
The event is a part of the East End Day for Frieze London 2025.
