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Ibrahim Mahama: Zilijifa

The exhibition view shows a blue-yellow, old and completely dilapidated locomotive, which is jacked up on countless colorful, rusty metal bowls and looks as if it is stranded on the bowl mountain
Ausstellungsansicht Ibrahim Mahama: Zilijifa, The Physical Impossibility of Debt in the Mind of Something Living, 2025, Kunsthalle Wien 2025, Courtesy Redclay; Ibrahim Mahama & White Cube, Hong Kong/London/New York/Paris/Seoul, Foto: Markus Wörgötter
The exhibition view shows a blue-yellow, old and completely dilapidated locomotive, which is jacked up on countless colorful, rusty metal bowls and looks as if it is stranded on the bowl mountain

Burdened History

9 July - 2 November 2025

Ibrahim Mahama is known for large installations that explore themes such as history, labor, migration and global capitalism. In doing so, the artist from Ghana questions the perception of value, space and global economic systems that shape everyday life. His best-known works include wrapping buildings and public spaces with reused jute sacks that were once used to transport raw materials such as cocoa and coal.

The exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien will present a series of new works that consider Ghana’s history via its material legacy. A large-scale installation takes up the sculptural question of mass via a series of readymades both large and small. The mechanisms, vessels and networks employed transporting goods and people are the starting point for sculpture, photographic and video works that consider the act of loading, carrying and unloading weight alongside a more abstract notion of the weight of history.

Venue

Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier

Museumsplatz 1
1070 Wien

Tickets & Info

Current Dates

  • Sat. 19 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 20 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 22 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 23 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 24 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Fri. 25 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 26 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 27 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 29 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 30 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
All dates

All Dates

July

  • Sat. 19 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 20 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 22 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 23 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 24 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Fri. 25 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 26 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 27 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 29 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 30 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 31 Jul 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

August

  • Fri. 01 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 02 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 03 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 05 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 06 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 07 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Fri. 08 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 09 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 10 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 12 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 13 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 14 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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  • Tue. 19 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Sun. 31 Aug 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

September

  • Tue. 02 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 03 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 04 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Fri. 05 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 06 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 07 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 09 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 10 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 11 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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  • Tue. 16 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Thu. 18 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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  • Sat. 27 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 28 Sep 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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October

  • Wed. 01 Oct 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 02 Oct 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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  • Wed. 15 Oct 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Sat. 18 Oct 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 19 Oct 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Thu. 30 Oct 2025, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Fri. 31 Oct 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

November

  • Sat. 01 Nov 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 02 Nov 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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