EMBODIED NARRATIVES: International group show

21 May - 13 July 2024
Overview

The show explores a wide variety of media, including painting, ceramics, photography and installation, and encapsulates a growing trend in contemporary African art, which emphasizes figuration and portraiture as vehicles of expression.

 

Whether through individual or collective representations, the integrated artists delve into the dimensions of vulnerability and everyday life, presenting moments of intimacy and banality, denoting a significant shift in artistic discourse and a break from the historical trends of colonial tradition preceding visualities associated with the fetishization and hyper-stylization of the black body.

 

Included Artists: Alida Rodrigues; Benigno Mangovo, Cristiano Mangovo; Hennie Meyer; Kébé; Luís Damião; Nelo Teixeira; Osvaldo Ferreira; René Tavares; Saïdou Dicko; Sanjo Lawal, Teresa Kutala Firmino; Uólofe Griot e Vivien Kohler

Works
  • Sanjo Lawal Headstart, 2023 Glycée print, fine art paper, 310g 10 Editions 68,58 x 91,44 cm
    Sanjo Lawal
    Headstart, 2023
    Glycée print, fine art paper, 310g
    10 Editions
    68,58 x 91,44 cm
  • Sanjo Lawal Headstart III, 2023 Glycée print, fine art paper, 310g 5 Editions 68,58 x 91,44 cm
    Sanjo Lawal
    Headstart III, 2023
    Glycée print, fine art paper, 310g
    5 Editions
    68,58 x 91,44 cm
  • Alida Rodrigues Strange and Beautiful Bloom series. Brassica oleacea var. capitata, 2020 Mixed media collage on found photograph 16 x 10,5 cm; 31,5 x 25,5 x 5 cm (framed)
    Alida Rodrigues
    Strange and Beautiful Bloom series. Brassica oleacea var. capitata, 2020
    Mixed media collage on found photograph
    16 x 10,5 cm; 31,5 x 25,5 x 5 cm (framed)
  • Kébé Secrets woven, Destinies crossed, 2024 Mixed media / acrylic on burlap 180 x 180 cm
    Kébé
    Secrets woven, Destinies crossed, 2024
    Mixed media / acrylic on burlap
    180 x 180 cm
  • Saïdou Dicko La Vichyssoise de Ouaga, 2019 Hand painted on photography,and digital collage without retouching. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 325gr. 40 x 60 cm; 53 x 73 cm (framed)
    Saïdou Dicko
    La Vichyssoise de Ouaga, 2019
    Hand painted on photography,and digital collage without retouching.
    Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 325gr.
    40 x 60 cm; 53 x 73 cm (framed)
  • Saïdou Dicko The gate of border New York, 2019 Hand painted on photography, and digital collage without retouching Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 325gr 40 x 60 cm; 53 x 73 cm (framed)
    Saïdou Dicko
    The gate of border New York, 2019
    Hand painted on photography, and digital collage without retouching Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 325gr
    40 x 60 cm; 53 x 73 cm (framed)
  • Benigno Mangovo Retratos de seres e elementos da floresta, do bairro e da praia, 2024 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm
    Benigno Mangovo
    Retratos de seres e elementos da floresta, do bairro e da praia, 2024
    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 100 cm
  • Vivien Kohler Rapture 1, 2022 Oil and cardboard on Resin supported canvas 143 x 81,5 x 2,5 cm
    Vivien Kohler
    Rapture 1, 2022
    Oil and cardboard on Resin supported canvas
    143 x 81,5 x 2,5 cm
  • Vivien Kohler Rapture 2, 2022 Oil and cardboard on Resin supported canvas 157,5 x 59 x 2,5 cm
    Vivien Kohler
    Rapture 2, 2022
    Oil and cardboard on Resin supported canvas
    157,5 x 59 x 2,5 cm
  • Luís Damião Hanguila (tríptico), 2020 Transfer on paper 86 x 206 cm (Total Framed)
    Luís Damião
    Hanguila (tríptico), 2020
    Transfer on paper
    86 x 206 cm (Total Framed)
  • Teresa Kutala Inherited wealth(series: The Children of a lesser god) , 2019 Acrylic and collage on canvas 91 x 77 cm
    Teresa Kutala
    Inherited wealth(series: The Children of a lesser god) , 2019
    Acrylic and collage on canvas
    91 x 77 cm
Installation Views