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Our presentation is dedicated to the works of Sammy Baloji and Ali Cherri, both of whom have recently had important institutional recognition in the UK. Indeed, major works by Baloji have been recently acquired by Tate Modern and the V&A’s Photography Department; and Ali Cherri is currently artist-in-residence at the National Gallery and is working on an upcoming solo exhibition at the Herbert Art Gallery. Both Baloji and Cherri reflect on the political, social and economic meanings of museum collections and taxonomy.
These new works by Sammy Baloji mark a formal and technical shift in his …