Links to Interviews and Videos about Henok Melkamzer
The video features Elizabeth Woldagiorges, an art historian specializing in African and African diaspora art, discussing Henok Melkamzer's painting exhibition at the Sharjah Art Museum. She explores the complexities of categorizing African art within the context of modernism, emphasizing the need to view these works from a contemporary perspective rather than as anthropological objects. The discussion highlights the symbolic use of elements like the eye and vines in Melkamzer's work, representing human connections and challenging conventional narratives in art history.
The video introduces Henok Melkamzer's solo exhibition at the Sharjah Art Museum, featuring over 100 intricate artworks that explore the ancient Ethiopian art form of Telsem. The exhibition highlights the artist’s use of symbols and calculations rooted in Ethiopian traditions to address contemporary issues such as climate, war, and poverty, while challenging the Western art world's categorization of non-Western art as ethnographic or healing rather than modern. The discussion emphasizes the need to decolonize art concepts and recognize the intellectual and artistic value of Telsem in a modern context.
This video is in the Amharic language of Ethiopia. It is a short documentary on Telsem with various friends of Henok, as well as Henok and his father, explaining what Telsem is all about.
Walta TV from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia interviews Henok Melkamzer in AMHARIC language about his Telsem art and its meaning.
An American student of Henok talks about his journey of learning about Telsem wisdom through his friendship with Henok. This is part 1 in the tiktok videos series. There are other parts to this series within this same tiktok channel.
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