Tariku Shiferaw’s new body of work, Mata Semay. The first two videos are of the work in progress in Shiferaw’s studio @silverartprojects, followed by exhibition videos of the installed work titled “A Strange Place to Cast Our Dreams” @smackmellon. • Having a studio @silverartprojects, Shiferaw has his own space to paint and create installation art. And to grow larger in scale! This is the largest body of work made during the artists time at the residency.👏 • Mata Semay is a new body of work by Tariku Shiferaw, which first developed during his Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art (@whitneymuseum) in 2018. Mata Semay (Amharic for "night skies") is a fully immersive installation composed of paintings, sculptures, sound, and video. This series addresses the concept of mark-making and erasure using mythology as a way to take up space. Because of its invisibility - mythology infiltrates people's perceptions clandestinely and subtly, shaping minds and behavior through mass cultural phenomena. Mata Semay is an imagining of what the night sky could be if -, both past and future - were considered part of the global narrative. • The first iteration of this series will debut in a group exhibition, You'd Think By Now, curated by Rachel Steinberg. On view Smack Mellon through August 7, 2022. @abstractexit #abstractpainting #installationart #madeatsilverart #contemporaryart