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Christelle Oyiri

CHRISTELLE OYIRI

"Heaven's worth, Hell on earth" Galerie Buchholz 11 September–18 October 2025 Berlin
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I was raised under crucifixes

where every whisper was measured against eternity

I learned early on that the most dangerous prayer

was the one said backwards

Hell is so ordinary:

a body on the verge of collapse,

a mirror that won’t forgive,

desire stretched across every surface

Heaven’s worth

is the tape you found in an attic

buried in static,

hissing like a secret you were not meant to keep

Kemet, dreamt in aluminum

a monument half-remembered, half-invented,

America, the precious counterfeit twin

Fantasy and fracture

This work gathers both paradise and purgatory,

How heavy are memories when casted in metal to survive ?

What is holiness without a lick of transgression ?

What is paradise if not built in the threat of fire ?

C.O.

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Exhibition view: Christelle Oyiri, "Heaven's worth, Hell on earth", Galerie Buchholz, Berlin (11 September–18 October 2025). Courtesy Galerie Buchholz.
Exhibition view: Christelle Oyiri, "Heaven's worth, Hell on earth", Galerie Buchholz, Berlin (11 September–18 October 2025). Courtesy Galerie Buchholz.
Exhibition view: Christelle Oyiri, "Heaven's worth, Hell on earth", Galerie Buchholz, Berlin (11 September–18 October 2025). Courtesy Galerie Buchholz.
Exhibition view: Christelle Oyiri, "Heaven's worth, Hell on earth", Galerie Buchholz, Berlin (11 September–18 October 2025). Courtesy Galerie Buchholz.

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About the Gallery

Galerie Buchholz is an art gallery specializing in international contemporary art, with exhibition spaces in Cologne, Berlin and New York City. The gallery was founded in Cologne in 1986 by Daniel Buchholz, and today is run jointly with Christopher Müller.

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Fasanenstraße 30
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Galerie Buchholz contemporary art gallery in Berlin Germany
Galerie Buchholz
Fasanenstraße 30, Berlin, Germany
+49 30 8862 4056
http://www.galeriebuchholz.de

Opening hours
Tuesday – Saturday
10am – 6pm
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