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Sakhile&Me is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Gabonese artist and human rights activist Owanto in Germany. Titled "Flowers," the exhibition will open on 8 March 2020, coinciding with International Women's Day, and run until 30 May 2020.

Flowers showcases a series of enlarged archival pictures of a Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) ceremony. The analogue photographs are digitalized, enlarged and printed on aluminium before Owanto disrupts the violation in the image by removing the sections deemed most private and covering the void with delicate …