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Shikeith — Surrender's Song
Shikeith — Surrender's Song
Shikeith — Surrender's Song
Shikeith — Surrender's Song
Shikeith — Surrender's Song
Shikeith — Surrender's Song
Shikeith — Surrender's Song
Shikeith — Surrender's Song
Shikeith

Surrender's Song

2024

Surrender's Song presents a bronze figure caught in a moment of profound yielding, the body's posture articulating what language rarely can. Shikeith, whose practice spans photography, video, and now sculpture, brings to this cast form the same unflinching tenderness that defines his broader inquiry into Black masculine interiority. The material choice of bronze carries its own weight here, a medium historically reserved for the commemoration of power and conquest, now redirected toward vulnerability and emotional release. At 77.5 by 27.9 by 35.6 centimeters, the work is intimate in scale yet monumental in presence, demanding close engagement from the viewer who encounters it. The title frames the piece as something heard rather than simply seen, invoking music, breath, and the involuntary acoustics of letting go. Shikeith has long been preoccupied with the ways Black men are culturally denied access to softness, and this sculpture functions as a quiet corrective, preserving in permanent form a gesture that society too often treats as fleeting or inadmissible. The patina and surface of cast bronze give the figure a timeless gravity while the posture itself remains urgently contemporary. Available through Yossi Milo Gallery in an edition of five, Surrender's Song represents a significant development in Shikeith's evolving practice and a rare opportunity to acquire a three-dimensional work from an artist whose critical recognition has grown substantially in recent years. Collectors drawn to work that navigates race, embodiment, and emotional life with both rigor and grace will find this piece to be a lasting and resonant addition to any serious collection.

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

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Shikeith, Surrender's Song, 2024

Surrender's Song presents a bronze figure caught in a moment of profound yielding, the body's posture articulating what language rarely can. Shikeith, whose practice spans photography, video, and now sculpture, brings to this cast form the same unflinching tenderness that defines his broader inquiry into Black masculine interiority. The material choice of bronze carries its own weight here, a medium historically reserved for the commemoration of power and conquest, now redirected toward vulnerability and emotional release. At 77.5 by 27.9 by 35.6 centimeters, the work is intimate in scale yet monumental in presence, demanding close engagement from the viewer who encounters it. The title frames the piece as something heard rather than simply seen, invoking music, breath, and the involuntary acoustics of letting go. Shikeith has long been preoccupied with the ways Black men are culturally denied access to softness, and this sculpture functions as a quiet corrective, preserving in permanent form a gesture that society too often treats as fleeting or inadmissible. The patina and surface of cast bronze give the figure a timeless gravity while the posture itself remains urgently contemporary. Available through Yossi Milo Gallery in an edition of five, Surrender's Song represents a significant development in Shikeith's evolving practice and a rare opportunity to acquire a three-dimensional work from an artist whose critical recognition has grown substantially in recent years. Collectors drawn to work that navigates race, embodiment, and emotional life with both rigor and grace will find this piece to be a lasting and resonant addition to any serious collection.

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
overall: 77.5 x 27.9 x 35.6 cm
Year
2024
Edition
of 5
Seen at
Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY

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Gavin Kennedy