by Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi
The exhibition begins with a question: What might a future without men look like?
Recent studies by several geneticists suggest that the Y chromosome - a key factor in determining a person's gender - is starting to deteriorate. So, what could this mean for the future?
What is particularly intriguing, however, is a finding that, in some ways, overturns centuries of history and social narratives: evidence has emerged of a powerful role held by women dating as far back as the Stone Age.
A recent article published by the New Scientist Magazine highlights an important archaeological discovery that sheds new light on the roles of women in the Stone Age. The research indicates that women of that era often held prominent positions as rulers, warriors, hunters, and shamans. Often, however, the discovery of skeletal remains led researchers to presume they belonged to male individuals. In 2008 near Seville, Spain, archaeologists uncovered the burial of a young individual surrounded by...
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Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi (b. 1995, Ghazni, Afghanistan) lives and works in Basel, Switzerland.
Her recent Solo Exhibitions include I don’t know Sitara that well. She scares the hell out of me, Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin (2025); Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi & Sem Lala, Forde Geneva, Geneva; Public sculpture, Amore Basel, Basel (2024); Sin City, Auto Italia, London (2023); Don’t Build Picturesquely, (with Marina Xenofontos), Hot Wheels, Athens (2022); Hymn and Silence, LC Queisser, Tbilisi; LOVE/Terms and...
The SOLITO formula includes the re-launch in a new guise of the brand, a small holding company that manages three exhibition spaces, a digital platform and the historic publishing house iemme.
Opening hours: Monday – Friday > 10am – 6pm / Saturday – Sunday: on appointment
Opening hours: Monday – Sunday > 10am – 2am
Opening hours: Monday – Friday > 10am – 4pm / Saturday – Sunday: on appointment
Naples - Italy