This Weekend’s Pick: Ibrahim Mahama’s Zilijifa at Kunsthalle Wien
Some works stop you even before you’ve seen them.
Ibrahim Mahama’s Zilijifa at Kunsthalle Wien feels like one of those.
A train on a mountain of metal bowls. The weight of history held together by hands.
A full-size locomotive resting on thousands of rusted metal bowls, the kind used in Ghana to carry bricks, food, everything that needs moving.
Each one used, exchanged, dented. Each one carrying a life behind it.
Exhibition View: Ibrahim Mahama: Zilijifa, Go Tell it on the Mountain, 2025, Kunsthalle Wien 2025Courtesy Redclay; Ibrahim Mahama & White Cube, Hong Kong/London/New York/Paris/Seoul, Foto: Markus Wörgötter
It is absurd and perfect. Industry balanced on domestic labor, history balanced on hands. You can almost hear the weight shift.
We love when art holds the heavy things the world prefers to forget, when it reminds us that beauty can carry memory too.
We will get there. You should too.
Address: Museumsquartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna
Where: Kunsthalle Wien, MuseumsQuartier
When: July 9 – November 2, 2025
Exhibition: Ibrahim Mahama – Zilijifa
Why go: Always something to make you think. Always a reason to return. Our first pick for anyone spending a day in Vienna.
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