Ex África

Ex Africa

The largest exhibition on art from African perspectives held in Brazil is open at the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center in Belo Horizonte until December 30th. The show brings together 20 artists working with video art, photography, installations, music, performance, etc. across four themes: echos of history, bodies and portraits, urban drama, and musical explosions.

Instalação “Club Lagos”. Najapop em HD, videoclipes nigerianos. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

Non Orientable Paradise Lost, 1667, Ibrahim Mahama, Gana, 2017. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

A thousand men cannot build a city, Abdulrazaq Awofeso, Nigéria, 2017. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

Alaagaba, Jelili Atiku, Nigéria, 2014/2017. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

A morrocan man (Um homem marroquino), Omar Victor Diop, Senegal, 2014.Foto: Luísa Lombardi

Lagos drawings (Desenhos de Lagos,) Karo Akpokiere, Nigéria, 2015-2017. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

Untitled triptych-code noir, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Benim. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

Concrete affection, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Angola, 2014. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

12 projeções, de Windows, Ponte city, Mikhael Subotzky e Patrick Waterhouse, África do Sul e Bath, 2008-2011. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

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by Luísa Lombardi

Sat 10 Mar, 2018

The exhibition features 18 artists from eight different African countries and includes work by two Afro-Brazilian artists, Arjan Martins and Dalton Paula. Ex Africa brings together video art, photography, installations, music, performance, etc. across four themes: echos of history, bodies and portraits, urban drama, and musical explosions. In the center’s inner courtyard, the work Non Orientable Paradise Lost 1667, by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, employs around 2000 wooden crates and various objects in reference to the daily routine of the shoeshiners who keep their work tools in these boxes.

Participating artists: Abdulrazaq Awofeso (Nigeria), Andrew Tshabangu (South Africa), Arjan Martins (Brazil), Bineide Hyrcan (Angola), Clube Lagos, Dalton Paula (Brazil), Guy Tillim (South Africa), Ibrahim Mahama (Ghana), Jelili Atiku (Nigeria), Karo Akpokiere (Nigeria), Kiluanji Kia Henda (Angola), Kudzanai Chiurai (Zimbabwe), Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou (Benin), Mikhael Subotzky (South Africa), Mohau Modisakeng (South Africa), Nástio Mosquito (Angola), Nididi Dike (Nigeria), Omar Victor Diop (Senegal), Youssef Limoud (Egypt), Patrick Waterhouse (UK).

Non Orientable Paradise Lost 1667, Ibrahim Mahama, Ghana, 2017. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

A thousand men cannot build a city, Abdulrazaq Awofeso, Nigeria, 2017. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

Alaagaba , Jelili Atiku, Nigeria, 2014/2017. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

A morrocan man, Omar Victor Diop, Senegal, 2014. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

Lagos drawings, Karo Akpokiere, Nigeria, 2015-2017. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

Untitled triptych-code noir, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Benin. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

Concrete affection, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Angola, 2014. Foto: Luísa Lombardi

12 projections, from Windows, Ponte city, Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse, South Africa and Bath, 2008-2011.