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Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith — O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!
Shikeith

O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!

2025

Rendered in bronze and commanding a presence of nearly a meter in height, this 2025 sculpture by Shikeith presents the human form in a state of deep inward reckoning. The work takes its title from Frantz Fanon's closing invocation in "Black Skin, White Masks," a plea for perpetual self-questioning, and the sculpture embodies that sentiment through a posture that feels simultaneously vulnerable and resolute. The casting captures texture and weight with a sensitivity that resists idealization, holding the figure in a tension between collapse and emergence. Bronze, a material long associated with monuments and permanence, is here redirected toward interiority, transforming a traditionally triumphalist medium into one of searching and doubt. Shikeith's practice has long centered the inner lives of Black men, excavating states of grief, longing, and spiritual yearning that mainstream visual culture has historically denied or rendered invisible. This sculpture extends that inquiry into three dimensions, inviting the collector to encounter the figure in the round, to move around it and recognize how its meaning shifts with each viewpoint. Produced in an edition of five and signed by the artist, the work carries the intimate scale of something meant to be lived with rather than merely observed. Available through Yossi Milo Gallery, it represents a significant expansion of Shikeith's already critically regarded body of work, and a compelling acquisition for those drawn to contemporary sculpture engaged with questions of race, embodiment, and the ongoing project of self-determination.

Medium
Bronze
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY

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Shikeith, O' my body, make of me always a man who questions!, 2025

Rendered in bronze and commanding a presence of nearly a meter in height, this 2025 sculpture by Shikeith presents the human form in a state of deep inward reckoning. The work takes its title from Frantz Fanon's closing invocation in "Black Skin, White Masks," a plea for perpetual self-questioning, and the sculpture embodies that sentiment through a posture that feels simultaneously vulnerable and resolute. The casting captures texture and weight with a sensitivity that resists idealization, holding the figure in a tension between collapse and emergence. Bronze, a material long associated with monuments and permanence, is here redirected toward interiority, transforming a traditionally triumphalist medium into one of searching and doubt. Shikeith's practice has long centered the inner lives of Black men, excavating states of grief, longing, and spiritual yearning that mainstream visual culture has historically denied or rendered invisible. This sculpture extends that inquiry into three dimensions, inviting the collector to encounter the figure in the round, to move around it and recognize how its meaning shifts with each viewpoint. Produced in an edition of five and signed by the artist, the work carries the intimate scale of something meant to be lived with rather than merely observed. Available through Yossi Milo Gallery, it represents a significant expansion of Shikeith's already critically regarded body of work, and a compelling acquisition for those drawn to contemporary sculpture engaged with questions of race, embodiment, and the ongoing project of self-determination.

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
overall: 98.4 x 73 x 47 cm
Year
2025
Edition
of 5
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY

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Gavin Kennedy