INVISIBLE ROLES
INVISIBLE ROLES
A capsule collection designed to discover which roles we take on — consciously or not — and which are placed upon us. Discover the collection below.
The Mouth T-Shirt is an oversized organic-cotton T-shirt with a large direct-to-garment print across the front. Layered figurative lines and areas of pink, red, and blue give the white garment its central visual focus. The washed construction is finished with a ribbed crew neck, twin-needle topstitching and APN Gallery x Josephine Sagna collaboration embroidery on the back.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Crewneck T-Shirt
Oversized Fit
Seasonal Mouth graphic on front
APN Gallery X Joséphine Sagna Embroidery on the back
Shell: 100% Cotton
Made in Portugal
Made from organic cotton
Developed in collaboration with Josephine Sagna who receives a commission for every sold piece
SIZE DETAILS
Model is wearing size S
S - Chest 56 cm / Length 68 cm
M - Chest 59 cm / Length 70 cm
L - Chest 62 cm / Length 72 cm
XL - Chest 65 cm / Length 74 cm
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Josephine Sagna is a painter whose figurative works use layered visual narratives to examine identity, perception and visibility. The full artist page provides space for the artist's own account of the practice and the collaboration with APN Gallery.
INVISIBLE ROLES COLLECTION
Part of Invisible Roles, the Mouth T-Shirt connects a figurative work by Josephine Sagna with the collection's consideration of how identities are seen, interpreted and attributed.
The Face T-Shirt is an oversized organic-cotton T-shirt with a large direct-to-garment print across the front. Layered figurative lines and areas of pink, red, and blue give the white garment its central visual focus. The washed construction is finished with a ribbed crew neck, twin-needle topstitching and APN Gallery x Josephine Sagna collaboration embroidery on the back.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Crewneck T-Shirt
Oversized Fit
Seasonal Face graphic on front
APN Gallery X Joséphine Sagna Embroidery on the back
Shell: 100% Cotton
Made in Portugal
Made from organic cotton
Developed in collaboration with Josephine Sagna who receives a commission for every sold piece
SIZE DETAILS
Model is wearing size L
S - Chest 56 cm / Length 68 cm
M - Chest 59 cm / Length 70 cm
L - Chest 62 cm / Length 72 cm
XL - Chest 65 cm / Length 74 cm
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Josephine Sagna is a painter whose figurative works use layered visual narratives to examine identity, perception and visibility. The full artist page provides space for the artist's own account of the practice and the collaboration with APN Gallery.
INVISIBLE ROLES COLLECTION
Part of Invisible Roles, the Face T-Shirt connects a figurative work by Josephine Sagna with the collection's consideration of how identities are seen, interpreted and attributed.
THE INVISIBLE ROLES T-SHIRTS DECONSTRUCTED
For her collaboration with APN Gallery, Joséphine Sagna brings her artistic language into everyday life. Both designs are independent artworks, transforming the T-shirt into a wearable canvas.
Via direct to garment printing we ensure a high quality print that feels like the dye is woven into the fabric which helps the fabric to keep it soft and thick feel.
EMBROIDERY
As another key highlight we decided to put an embroidery on the back that further highlights the collaboration between APN Gallery and Joséphine Sagna and adds a nice detail to the overall T-Shirts.
We put special care into ensuring that the emvoridery is neither stretching the fabric nor iching on the back to enable a smooth comfort.
MATERIALS & PRODCTION
At APN Gallery we believe in using responsible materials instead of conventional ones. This is also one of the reasons why our products cost what they cost. Responsible production is not cheap!
Therefore, our invisible roles t-shirts were made 100% from organic cotton at FriendlyWear in Portugal. Check our transparency page for more info!
MEET THE ARTIST
Joséphine Sagna
Joséphine Sagna is a German-Senegalese artist whose expressive mixed-media works, straddling figuration and abstraction, explore themes of identity, belonging and empowerment.
At the heart of her work are Black women and their multifaceted experiences – self-assured, angry, vulnerable, outspoken.
Using vibrant colours, bold gestures and fragments of text, Sagna creates images that explore intuition, self-determination and courage.
INVISIBLE ROLES
Which roles do we take on — consciously or not — and which are placed upon us? The group exhibition Invisible Roles, organised by Hamburg-based fashion label and culture platform APN Gallery, explores the visible and invisible roles carried by those too often overlooked within a predominantly normative society — with a focus on perspectives shaped by BIPoC, FLINTA and queer experience.*
At its centre are questions of attribution, identity, masking and self-empowerment.
As a collective forum, it brings together fashion, textile, visual art, performance and text to surface marginalised perspectives and open new spaces for dialogue.
Invisible Roles is a two-day group exhibition presented by APN Gallery at Villa E362, Hamburg. Moving between art, photography, performance and fashion, the exhibition considers how identities and social roles are seen, assigned and lived.
The programme brings together creative director and photographer Mia Conolly; painters Joséphine Sagna and Nana Opoku Agyemang; artists Vreni Jäckle, Liubov Kucheriava and Anna Bochkova; and author and performance artist Larissa Hellmund.
Join the opening on 9 October 2026 from 19:00 until open end. The exhibition continues on 10 October from 11:00 to 19:00. Reserve your place and meet the participating artists at Villa E362.