Shi Shi Chi Chi
Jala Wahid, Jo Dennis, Paulina Stasik and Rebecca Lindsmyr
Curated by Ashik Zaman and Koshik Zaman
28.03 – 26.04.2025
Belenius
Opening
Thursday, 27.03 at 5 – 7 PM
The exhibition Shi Shi Chi Chi bears a title that in fact does not explicitly say much about the art. At the same time, it would be incorrect to say that the title says nothing. The title alludes to both the one and the other that are included in the exhibition, while the exhibition is also a conscious departure from the curators' usually thematic exhibitions. This is to instead be an exhibition where a harmony at best occurs even without a pronounced thematic approach, yet a space that evokes curiosity in the viewer in such a way that they want to be in the room with peace to see their own possible connections. So much is often said and promised in texts like this that it ultimately becomes urgent to more "silently" hand over an exhibition to an audience, with faith that art can still grip its viewer. The exhibition presents a group of artists who are all being shown for the first time in Stockholm, and contains elements of mostly new painting.
Shi Shi Chi Chi is Ashik and Koshik Zaman's second exhibition at Belenius, after You Were Bigger Than the Sky, You Were More Than Just a Short Time in spring 2023.