Artist Talk Kubra Khademi
in conversation with Dr. Claudia Tittel

Saturday, 07.09.2024 at 3 PM

Location: Galerie Anita Beckers, Braubachstr. 9, 60311 Frankfurt/Main

Kubra Khademi’s artistic work aims to bring about social change, particularly in her country of origin, Afghanistan. In conversation with art historian Dr. Claudia Tittel, the artist’s political and artistic concerns will be presented and explored in greater depth. The topicality of the exhibition project is given further urgency by recent developments in the USA and Afghanistan: on the one hand, Kamala Harris is running for the office of possibly the first female president of the USA. On the other hand, just last week the Taliban government further restricted the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Against this background, we will hear directly about Kubra Khademi’s life in Afghanistan and gain exciting insights into her new life as an artist in exile.

You are cordially invited!
Due to limited seating, please register in advance.

Kubra Khademi, Untitled – Diptyque 01, from the series Bread, Work, Freedom, 2024, Gouache and golf leaf on paper, 112 x 153 cm © Bertrand Michau

We are pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Kubra Khademi in the gallery. Born in 1989 in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Hazara artist, performer, and activist has lived in exile in Paris since 2015. Her works address themes such as gender roles, cultural identity, and social justice, and she advocates for the rights of women, children, and minorities. Her work is shaped by her personal experiences as a girl and woman in Afghanistan, as well as by her experience of fleeing and living in exile in Paris. In her drawings and paintings on paper, she celebrates the female body, depicting it in all its facets. Humorous and provocative, her works deal with sexual emancipation and women’s empowerment in a male-dominated society.

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Wir freuen uns, die erste Einzelausstellung von Kubra Khademi in der Galerie zu präsentieren. Die 1989 in Kabul, Afghanistan geborene Hazara-Künstlerin, Performerin und Aktivistin lebt seit 2015 im Exil in Paris. In ihren Arbeiten setzt sie sich mit Themen wie Geschlechterrollen, kultureller Identität und sozialer Gerechtigkeit auseinander und engagiert sich für die Rechte von Frauen, Kindern und Minderheiten. Dabei ist ihr Werk sowohl von ihren persönlichen Erfahrungen als Mädchen und Frau in Afghanistan als auch von ihrer Fluchterfahrung und ihrem Exil in Paris geprägt. In Zeichnungen und Malerei auf Papier feiert sie den weiblichen Körper, den sie in all seinen Facetten darstellt. Humorvoll und provokant handeln ihre Werke von sexueller Emanzipation und Selbstermächtigung von Frauen in einer männerdominierten Gesellschaft. 

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