Fridericianum Hosts Mohammed Sami's First German Institutional Show, 'Hostless'

At the Fridericianum in Kassel, Iraqi-born artist Mohammed Sami showcases 'Hostless,' marking his inaugural institutional exhibition in Germany. This new collection explores internal spaces, presenting paintings that serve as sites for memory where abstraction falters, revealing an unsettling essence. Sami's depicted rooms act as ghostly containers, retaining the traces of unnamed occurrences, despite the presence of crime evidence. While these interiors are overtly uncomfortable, their meanings remain elusive, vibrating with a physicality that painting struggles to encapsulate. The objects within the artworks function as floating signifiers, alluding to absent violence or memories that can only be grasped from a distance. This exhibition, highlighting Sami's first solo show in Germany, is currently on display at the Fridericianum.