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No night is long enough for us to dream twice @artgallerywa •••, 2027
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OUT NOW: @kircherabdul’s NEW GENESIS is a four-year portrait of Sierra Kiss and her young family in Los Angeles fighting to find safety against a background of homelessness, domestic abuse, addiction, and the slow violence of a system built to fail them.
Drawing on his own experience as a child of a young mother navigating abuse, Kircher brings rare proximity to the structural violence of American capitalism — tracing the repetition, exhaustion and confinement of daily survival alongside the moments of joy and innocence her children find within circumstances structured to limit them. NEW GENESIS is edited by @sarahpespenon and includes interweaved texts edited from Kiss’ own Instagram stories, as a parallel testimony throughout.
What a privilege to bring such an important and necessary work into the world. Discover NEW GENESIS online now alongside a fundraising print edition.
Stay tuned for more details of launches in NYC, Paris, Berlin and London.
08 Apr 2026
Rotting from Within by Abdulhamid Kircher, published by Loose Joints.
Rotting from Within refers to a feeling described by Abdulhamid Kircher upon the unearthing of his father’s history: the discovery of the generational trauma within the patriarchs of his family and the subsequent task of uncovering the artist’s self amongst the things passed down. Beginning at the age of 17 with the reacquaintance of his estranged father, recently released from incarceration for selling drugs and attempted murder, Kircher’s self-led journey into photography coincided with a reflection on his past. Born in Berlin and fleeing to the USA at a young age, the camera provided an entry point for intimacy and familiarity with his father and his Turkish culture and heritage while fostering a deep relationship with the photographic medium and its possibilities.
Rotting from Within weaves a deeply personal, autobiographical thread with photographic vigour and candidness as we penetrate deeper into the psychological questions of identity, the glorification of violence, the myths of masculinity and the veil through which photography provides a mechanism to cope and understand the world. Kircher’s threaded visual voice speaks at the intersection of an internal monologue and a nuanced approach to documentary; through complex assemblages of portraiture, observation, archival documents, diaries and more, Rotting from Within contains visual webs of association within which Kircher captures the tension between speculation and reality, the inherent unknowability of even those closest at hand, and how we do not get to choose the life into which we are born.
224 pages, 210 × 290 mm, 333 plates
Section-sewn debossed OTA-bound silkscreened softcover
with a text by the artist and Zoe Bullock
Edited by Sarah Chaplin Espenon at Loose Joints, Abdulhamid Kircher & Zoe Bullock
Designed & Published by Loose Joints
LJ200, June 2024
978-1-912719-51-8
14 Jun 2024
My first solo exhibition “Rotting from Within” opened at carlier | gebauer in Berlin on June 29 and runs through August 31, 2024. This exhibition consists of a 35 x 15 foot installation, 12 framed works and a 53 minute film “Noch ein Kind” by Maxi Hachem.
I would like to use the space below to thank all the people that made this exhibtion possible.
@marieblanchecarlier, thank you for being the first person to believe in me enough to take over an entire space with full creative freedom. From the moment we met, we both knew that this work needed to start its physical life in Berlin, the place I was born and where most of the work was made. I couldn’t feel more honored to exhibit this work in such a beautiful space amongst so many prestigious artists.
@andrewthomasparry, this exhibition would not have been possible without your countless hours of help, around the clock, to make sure everything came out exactly how I envisioned it. I couldn’t have asked for a better first artist liaison. Thank you for putting up with my perfectionist tendencies and respecting me as a peer.
@zoeelisebullock, my rock, I can’t begin to express how much you mean to me and this body of work. I don’t know what this work would look like without you. From working on the book edit and design for countless months to jumping straight into curating the exhibition, every day from 6am to late into the night, building this installation on a huge scaffold in the sweltering heat with thousands of prints, our fingernails destroyed from placing thousands of magnets onto the metal wall. Your words, ideas, and contributions are invaluable.
@maxi.hachem, you’ve created a masterpiece that brings me to tears every time I watch it. Rotting from Within can no longer be shown without your film to accompany it. Every person that walks out of that room, comes out with a different and better understanding of this body of work. Thank you for making something so honest and for respecting my family and their stories. I am in awe and supremely lucky to share this life changing moment with you.
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04 Aug 2024
“Vielleicht bin ich es, der ihn zuerst lieben muss”, sagt Abdulhamid Kircher.
Nachdem sein Vater wegen versuchten Mordes in Berlin verhaftet wurde, wuchs er mit seiner Mutter in New York auf. Mit seiner Fotografie versucht der deutsch-türkische Künstler die Verbindung zu seiner Vergangenheit wiederherzustellen. 🎞️
Die dabei entstandenen Fotos sind in der Ausstellung "Rotting from Within" noch bis 01. November in den @deichtorhallenhamburg zu sehen.
In der neuen Folge TWIST geht es um die Relevanz von Fotos in Zeiten von Handykameras und KI. Zu Wort kommen @kircherabdul, Filmproduzent @maxvanaertryck, die Künstlerin @lea.belooussovitch sowie das @balletnationaldemarseille und @la.horde.
Jetzt online: ➡️ “TWIST: Bilderflut - Was ist ein Bild noch wert?” (Link in Bio!)
#Fotografie #Kunst #Trauma #ArteTwist #artetv
13 Sep 2026
Thrilled to announce that No Night is Long Enough For Us to Dream Twice opens 3 October 2026 — featuring Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Mohamad Abdouni, Hicham Benohoud, Myriam Boulos, Mohamed Bourouissa, Sabiha Çimen, Hannah Darabi and Abdulhamid Kircher. Curated by Dalia Al-Dujaili and Rachel Ciesla 🖤
Borrowed from a line by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, the show brings together photography and video from across South West Asia, North Africa and their diasporas.
The images emerge from physical and emotional sites where social forces build, break, then build again. They foreground intimacy, humour, playfulness and desire as ways of reimagining lived experience. What emerges is not a more truthful representation of South West Asia and North Africa, but a shift in the conditions through which these places, histories and identities become legible.
On display from 3 Oct, 2026—27 Jan, 2027 with the Simon Lee Foundation at The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 💫
Poster: Abdulhamid Kircher
08 Sep 2026
The texts in ‘New Genesis’ are pulled from over 700 Instagram stories made by Sierra Kiss throughout the four years that I photographed her and her children. Voicing her unfiltered thoughts, these texts offer a parallel testimony and a powerful internal monologue of her mental health, isolation and resolve as her life goes on.
19 Jun 2026
Untitled, 2025
from the series To Be Held By The Earth
c-print, custom steel frame, 36.7 x 45.6 cm
edition of 3 + 2APs
Currently on view at @artbasel with @carliergebauer (Booth J3, Hall 2.1)
This photograph is part of a new body of work made in Turkey and will be shown in full alongside a video installation during the Biennale @images_vevey in September.
16 Jun 2026
Rotting from Within opens this Thursday on June 4 (8:00PM onwards) at Deichtorhallen’s PHOXXI in Hamburg, Germany.
On June 6 (3:00 - 4:30PM), Nadine Isabelle Henrich and I will be giving a guided tour of my exhibition.
On June 8 (5:30 - 7:30PM), the film “Noch ein Kind – Still a Kid” by Maxi Hachem will be screened at Abaton Kino, followed by a Q&A with Maxi, Nadine and I.
Hope to see some of you there x
01 Jun 2026
In anticipation of my exhibition opening next week at Deichtorhallen, I wanted to share a few of my favorite details of the installation Zoe and I made for my exhibition at carlier | gebauer two years ago. So grateful to be able to continue to share this personal body of work with the world <3
27 May 2026
New Genesis by Abdulhamid Kircher & Sierra Kiss
170 x 230 mm, 144 pages, 70 color & duotone plates, section-sewn clothbound debossed hardcover, published by Loose Joints
This book is dedicated to mothers.
Sierra, I feel incredibly honored to have witnessed your strength, courageousness and perseverance. I am eternally grateful for your trust and friendship.
Mama, I could never repay you for the sacrifices you made. Thank you for keeping us safe and showing me what it feels like to know love.
Zoe, thank you for not giving up on me and pushing me to grow and better myself. I feel so lucky to have crossed paths with you in this lifetime.
Growing up with abusive father has made me realize how important it is for men to take accountability and be part of the conversation.
Please join us today @99canal.nyc (April 19, 4-6pm) for a conversation between Donna Ferrato and I and the book launch of New Genesis at 99 Canal. All proceeds from the book and t-shirt sales will go directly to Sierra and her family. Thank you ❤️
19 Apr 2026
In New Genesis, his second book following Rotting from Within, photographer @kircherabdul continues his intimate exploration of human experience, this time documenting the life of Sierra Kiss, a single mother navigating a precarious existence in Los Angeles.
Published by @jointsloose and consisting of 144 pages, the photo book exposes the frailties of the systems meant to support vulnerable populations – shelters, churches, and social services, all eroded by chronic underfunding and restrictive policies, leaving individuals like Sierra to fend for themselves. Through Kircher’s lens, these structural failures are not abstract statistics – they are lived realities, marked by personal, intimate moments of crisis, fleeting relief, and Sierra’s daily life.
At the link in bio, Kircher speaks with @karmmaacoma about capturing the daily rhythm of Sierra Kiss's life 📲
📸 New Genesis © @kircherabdul, 2026. Courtesy of @jointsloose
13 Apr 2026
NEW YORK: Join @kircherabdul and legendary photographer @donnaferrato for a conversation and fundraising booklaunch on the occasion of NEW GENESIS — Kircher’s four-year portrait of a mother and her children caught inside the structural violence of America’s care system.
NEW GENESIS traces the repetition, exhaustion and confinement that define daily survival as his protagonist, Sierra Kiss, fights to create a loving and stable domestic environment for her children. Ferrato, whose decades of documentary work on domestic abuse has shaped public understanding of the issue, will be in open conversation with Kircher and the audience, co-hosted by @99canal.nyc and Philo Cohen @chatwithphilo.
Free entry, no RSVP required.
Sunday 19 April, 4–6pm
99 Canal St, 6th FL,
New York NY 10002
Discover NEW GENESIS now at loosejoints.biz, shipping worldwide. See you there!
12 Apr 2026
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