To trace what passes
Join us for the opening of “To trace what passes“ on Friday, August 22 from 7–10 pm at fffriedrich!
To trace what passes
Abdul-Salam Alhassan & Li Jiacheng
23 August – 5 September 2025
What does it mean to navigate with tools shaped by power—maps, images, routes—while refusing the worldview they carry?In “To trace what passes”, Abdul-Salam Alhassan and Li Jiacheng engage with the visual legacies of cartography and photography to undermine their claims to authority. Both artists make room for uncertainty, opacity, and imagined lives that resist being fixed in place.The conceptual starting point of the exhibition is a gesture of invitation: in the course of his guest semester at Städelschule, Abdul-Salam Alhassan invited Li Jiacheng to join him in this presentation at fffriedrich. From this, a dialogue on artistic proximity emerges.
The exhibition is realised within the framework of the “Frankfurt moves!” exchange programme between Städelschule and KNUST in Kumasi, Ghana, initiated by KfW Stiftung.
Curated by Alica Sänger and Radia Soukni.
Opening hours:
Wednesday, 4–7 pm
Saturday & Sunday, 2–6 pm
fffriedrich Braubachstr. 37
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Graphic design by Ella Pechechian
