Aslan Goisum (* 1991 in Grozny, lives in Berlin) works with found or recreated objects, video, works on paper, sculpture and language, achieving a progression of forms that are at the same time abstract and concrete, composed and open-ended. He creates pictorial and architectural spaces that undermine access to understanding. Suspect is Goisum’s first institutional solo project in Germany, presenting a new body of work that continues his observation of our attempts at pinning down meaning.

Curator: Kathrin Becker

13.4., 15:00 – 16:00
Family workshop on Aslan Goisum. Suspect
For children aged 3+ with their loved ones
In German
Registration and costs

14.5., 19:00
Aslan Goisum in conversation with Dina Akhmadeeva (Curator, art historian and writer, assistant curator for international art, Tate Modern, London)
In English
Free admission

Under the title ‘Suspect’, Goisum has furnished one floor of the Kindl Centre so oppressively sparingly that it quickly becomes clear: Here, someone is contradicting authoritarianism by using the opposite visual language. Goisum does not try to overwhelm. Nevertheless, his works bear witness to violence.
[Unter dem Titel „Suspect“ hat Goisum eine Etage des Kindl-Zentrums so beklemmend sparsam eingerichtet, dass schnell klar wird: Hier widerspricht jemand Autoritarismus, indem er sich einer gegenteiligen Bildsprache bedient. Goisum versucht nicht zu überwältigen. Von Gewalt zeugen seine Arbeiten trotzdem.]
Claudia Wahjudi, tip-berlin.de, 04/2025

The artist Aslan Goisum has created a powerful space that forces silence and creates uncertainty. The topic is repression. (...) Goisum's photos show no explosion, no outburst, no laughter, no blood. They remain calm in absolute silence. It is suffocating.
[Der Künstler Aslan Goisum hat einen machtvollen Ort geschaffen, der zum Schweigen zwingt und Unsicherheit erzeugt. Repression ist das Thema. (...) Die Fotos von Goisumzeigen keine Explosion, keinen Ausfall, kein Lachen, kein Blut. Sie verharren ruhig in absoluter Stille. Es ist zum Ersticken.]
Maximilian Wahlich, art-in-berlin.de, 1.4.25

Room Guide Aslan Goisum. Suspect
Floorplan Aslan Goisum. Suspect