Baltimore Museum of Art Acquires Work by Shikeith

Shikeith's photograph Visiting Hours (2022) has joined the permanent collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art. This image, shot on expired film, possesses a ghost-like quality in both a material and substantive sense: the hazy, gray tone achieved by the expired film, and the sheathed figure who bears playful resemblance to a ghost. Here, the ghostly figure 'visits' the sleeping person, holding and caressing them in a gesture of loving protection and closeness.

December 16, 2022