Francis Offman’s (2024) Weaving Stories on view at the Secession in Vienna from May 29 to August 31, 2025, is an immersive installation where stairwell walls and canvases are entirely covered in dried coffee grounds, creating a rich sensory environment that bridges his upbringing in Rwanda and life in Italy e-flux.com+12secession.at+12e-flux.com+12. Preparing the grounds with glue and primer, Offman transforms personal and colonial narratives into abstract, textured paintings infused with lived histories and materials gifted by others secession.at. The exhibition is complemented by a thoughtful public program—including opening talks in May and studio visits—designed to deepen engagement with his themes of memory, migration, and cultural transformation
Francis Offman’s exhibition Weaving Stories is on view at the Secession in Vienna from May 29 to August 31, 2025. Presented in the Grafisches Kabinett, the installation consists of abstract compositions made from dried coffee grounds, which cover both canvases and walls, and addresses themes of migration, memory, and (neo-)colonial history. Public programs, including an opening talk and a studio visit, accompany the show.
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Image: Francis Offman, Weaving Stories, installation view, Secession 2025, photo: Peter Mochi