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Shikeith — A Blue Surrender
Shikeith

A Blue Surrender

2023

A Blue Surrender presents a field of concentrated emotional weight rendered through just three colors on heavyweight Coventry Rag paper. Shikeith, whose practice moves across photography, video, and printmaking to examine the interior lives of Black men, brings that same psychological attentiveness to this 2023 work. The restrained palette and the intimacy of the print medium work together to hold something fragile and tender, surrender not as defeat but as a form of release, an opening toward vulnerability that Shikeith consistently frames as a site of profound strength. Produced in a tightly limited edition of twenty, the work carries the considered craft that distinguishes Shikeith's approach to multiples. The 335 gsm Coventry Rag substrate lends a substantial, tactile presence that elevates the piece beyond reproductive gesture, giving the three-color composition a depth and warmth that rewards close looking. Each impression is hand-signed by the artist, reinforcing the personal investment that runs through all of Shikeith's work regardless of medium or scale. At 86.4 by 71.1 centimeters, A Blue Surrender commands attention without overwhelming a domestic or institutional setting. The work ships from New York, with shipping costs and applicable fees at the buyer's responsibility. For collectors building a practice around contemporary work that takes Black interiority seriously as both subject and formal problem, this print represents a meaningful entry point into one of the more compelling voices working in that space today.

Medium
Three-color print on Coventry Rag, 335 gsm
Sheet
Signed
Yes

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Shikeith, A Blue Surrender, 2023

A Blue Surrender presents a field of concentrated emotional weight rendered through just three colors on heavyweight Coventry Rag paper. Shikeith, whose practice moves across photography, video, and printmaking to examine the interior lives of Black men, brings that same psychological attentiveness to this 2023 work. The restrained palette and the intimacy of the print medium work together to hold something fragile and tender, surrender not as defeat but as a form of release, an opening toward vulnerability that Shikeith consistently frames as a site of profound strength. Produced in a tightly limited edition of twenty, the work carries the considered craft that distinguishes Shikeith's approach to multiples. The 335 gsm Coventry Rag substrate lends a substantial, tactile presence that elevates the piece beyond reproductive gesture, giving the three-color composition a depth and warmth that rewards close looking. Each impression is hand-signed by the artist, reinforcing the personal investment that runs through all of Shikeith's work regardless of medium or scale. At 86.4 by 71.1 centimeters, A Blue Surrender commands attention without overwhelming a domestic or institutional setting. The work ships from New York, with shipping costs and applicable fees at the buyer's responsibility. For collectors building a practice around contemporary work that takes Black interiority seriously as both subject and formal problem, this print represents a meaningful entry point into one of the more compelling voices working in that space today.

Medium
Three-color print on Coventry Rag, 335 gsm
Dimensions
sheet: 86.4 x 71.1 cm
Year
2023
Edition
of 20
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
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