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TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image
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Shikeith
Phantasmatic Apparatus, 2025
Archival Inkjet Print on Photo Rag Baryta Paper
48" x 60" (122 x 152.5 cm)© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
Mercy Mercy Me, 2025
Archival Inkjet Print
37" x 30" (94 x 76 cm)© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
don’t weep, don’t you mourn, 2022
Archival Inkjet Print on Photo Rag Baryta Paper
50” x 33” (127 x 84 cm)
Framed: 50 7/8" x 34" (129 x 86.5 cm)© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
don’t weep, don’t you mourn, 2022
Archival Inkjet Print on Photo Rag Baryta Paper
50” x 33” (127 x 84 cm)
Framed: 50 7/8" x 34" (129 x 86.5 cm)© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
Visiting Hours, 2022
Archival Inkjet Print on Photo Rag Baryta Paper
49" x 60" (124.5 x 152.5 cm)
Framed: 49 15/16' x 60 7/8" (127 x 154.5 cm)© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
Visiting Hours, 2022
Archival Inkjet Print on Photo Rag Baryta Paper
49" x 60" (124.5 x 152.5 cm)
Framed: 49 15/16' x 60 7/8" (127 x 154.5 cm)© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
Visiting Hours, 2022
Archival Inkjet Print on Photo Rag Baryta Paper
49" x 60" (124.5 x 152.5 cm)
Framed: 49 15/16' x 60 7/8" (127 x 154.5 cm)© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
Still from People Who Die Bad Don’t Stay in the Ground, 2025
Two-Channel Video
© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
Still from People Who Die Bad Don’t Stay in the Ground, 2025
Two-Channel Video
© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
Still from People Who Die Bad Don’t Stay in the Ground, 2025
Two-Channel Video
© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Shikeith
Still from People Who Die Bad Don’t Stay in the Ground, 2025
Two-Channel Video
© Shikeith. Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo, New York.
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Exhibition Text
Inspired by a resonant line from Toni Morrison’s seminal novel, Beloved, People Who Die Bad Don’t Stay in the Ground, delves deeply into visual artist Shikeith’s ongoing investigation of the hauntological encounters and lived realities of Black men and boys. Through a rich and varied multidisciplinary practice encompassing photography, video, and installation, the exhibition chronicles the enduring legacy of historical traumas and their persistent reverberations across successive generations, actively resisting attempts at erasure and historical amnesia. Shikeith’s otherworldly aesthetic intricately situates the experiences of Black men and boys within a disquieting temporal collapse, where the weight of the past does not merely inform the present, but relentlessly intrudes upon it, perpetually reshaping contemporary existence. This exhibition offers a space to contemplate the intergenerational impact of injustice within the backdrop of a fraught history that remains unreconciled and continues to impact the lives of those whose narratives have often been silenced, yet continue to call out to us from beyond. -
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Shikeith: People Who Die Bad Don’t Stay in the Ground at TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image
Learn more about the exhibition and TILT on their website.
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Shikeith
Artist PageLearn more about Shikeith on Yossi Milo's website.
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