Aperture is pleased to release this very special limited-edition silkscreen print on the occasion of the publication of the first monograph by sculptor, filmmaker, and photographer Shikeith.
Notes towards Becoming a Spill brings together a series of striking studio portraits of Black male subjects as they inhabit various states of meditation, prayer and ecstasy. In this revelatory volume, Shikeith redefines the idea of sacred space and positions a Queer ethic identified by its investment in vulnerability, tenderness and joy.
In this work, Hazy Blues, 2022, the artist was inspired by the potential of glitches as a symbol of disruption amongst harmful systematic idealities. Here, Shikeith immerses a shadow figure in a sea of blue possibility.
To create this special limited-edition silkscreen print, the artist worked with Gary Lichtenstein Editions, a publisher and printer of art silkscreen editions. For over 45 years, GLE has been producing a wide range of exquisite silkscreens and multiple printing for such artists as Marina Abramović, Cey Adams, Karl Benjamin, Robert Cottingham, Robert Indiana, and Ken Price. Working in the printer’s studio at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, NJ, the artist directly collaborated with and supervised the creation of this edition. This work is limited to twenty-five numbered prints. Each print is signed by the artist on the recto.
Silkscreen with silver powder in 5 colors on 320-gram Coventry Rag paper with hand-deckled edges
Image Size: 20 x 26 inches
Paper Size: 24 x 30 inches
Edition of 25 + 5 AP
Signed and numbered by the artist on the recto
Published by Aperture Foundation
Printed by Gary Lichtenstein Editions
Price to increase as the edition sells through.
Shikeith (born in Philadelphia, 1989) lives and works in Pittsburgh. He received a BA from Pennsylvania State University, and an MFA from the Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut. He is recipient of a 2019 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, and in 2020, he received an Art Matters Foundation grant and a 2020–21 Leslie Lohman Artist Fellowship.
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