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Tizta Berhanu | ህብር (Hēber): Opening of Large gallery space in Addis Ababa

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21 December 2020 - 27 February 2021 Addis Ababa
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Tizta Berhanu, Lean On, 2020, Oil on Canvas, 140 x 140 cm
Tizta Berhanu, Lean On, 2020, Oil on Canvas, 140 x 140 cm
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Addis Fine Art is delighted to announce Hēber an exhibition by Ethiopian painter Tizta Berhanu, on view to the public from 21 December 2020 – 27 February 2021. This marks the opening of the gallery’s large exhibition space in Addis Ababa. 

 

Trained as a figurative painter at the Alle School of Fine Art and Design in Addis Ababa, Tizta uses oil paintings to interrogate every facet of human emotions. From moments of melancholy to elation, the full litany of our emotional life is on display. The protagonists in Tizta’s canvases can be found seeking comfort in the bosom of a sympathetic listener or brooding, flanked by apparently concerned loved ones. The artist captures outpourings of vulnerability, love, excitement and sadness, and immortalises them in powerful images.

 

Painted with expressive, swirling brush strokes, the paintings have a dreamlike air. Colours absorb the figures, with only their lips, weighted eyelids, and reassuring outstretched hands clearly defined. The entangled nature of Tizta’s compositions alludes to the importance of community, in providing support for one another, an essential trait in Ethiopian culture. Tizta’s bold use of colours provides each painting with its own distinctive emotional tone; her luminescent red paintings, for instance, conjure images of love and passion, whilst the oceanic blue works convey a sense of despondency.

 

The scenes depicting affection, intimacy and closeness are hallmarks of Tizta’s work, which take on a particular poignancy in our new context of social distancing, increasing polarisation and conflicts between communities. The paintings in this show evoke a certain nostalgia for the times when expressing our emotions physically and supporting each other with care was the norm - and remind us of the importance of such acts.

Press
  • Tizta Berhanu, Oneness, 2020, Oil on canvas, 143 x 240 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Eyerusalem Jiregna

    Five Questions For Addis Fine Art

    Keven Amfo, Quintessentially , January 30, 2021
  • Siblings, 2020, Oil on canvas, 140 x 140 cm, Courtesy of Eyerusalem Jiregna

    ART TALK: ህብር (Hēbēr), Exhibition by Tizta Berhan at Addis Fine Art in Ethiopia

    Tadias Staff, Tadias Magazine, January 12, 2021
  • Together, 2020, Oil on canvas, 140 x 140 cm

    Colouring Skin: On Tizta Berhanu, Thembinkosi Goniwe, and Dada Khanyisa

    Misha Krynauw, Art Throb, January 11, 2021
  • Installation View of Heber: Tizta Berhanu. Courtesy of Eyerusalem Jiregna

    Emotional complexities of Tizta Berhanu’s Heber

    Hiwot Abebe, The Reporter, December 19, 2020
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