Visuelle Tour
Visuelle Tour durch das 19. Festival Zeitgenössischer Kunst Sesc_Videobrasil: Südliche Panoramen. 6. Oktober - 6. Dezember 2015, São Paulo, Brasilien
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V.l.n.r.:
Le Crayon
Brésil 1 (Guarani)
L’Oiseau
Wandteppiche, 2015
Abdoulaye Konaté, one of the most revered contemporary artists from Africa, was the first artist invited for the 19th Festival, opening the curatorial research work for this edition. Abdoulaye will present a brand new piece commissioned especially for this edition of the Festival: a large panel built with fabric, using a technique he has developed since the ‘90s, which updates this fundamental form of African expression. His striking commentaries on globally relevant political and environmental issues, coupled with the artisanal, aesthetical traditions of Mali, have made his work central to the Festival and to the choice of other guest artists. The nefarious effects of globalization, human rights violations, genocide, the impact of AIDS, deforestation, dictatorship and wars, religious extremism, and African immigration are some of the issues he takes on in his work. The softness of weaving opposes the harshness of the subject matters Abdoulaye works with, rendering his critique all the more powerful. Konaté has participated in the Documenta 12 (2007), in biennials in Africa, including Dak’Art and the Johannesburg Biennale, and exhibited in museums like Centre Pompidou (Paris, France), Moderna Museet (Stockholm, Sweden) and the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, Holland), and his work is part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA) and the Musée National du Mali (Bamako, Mali), among others. He was recently featured in a comprehensive retrospective show at Berlin’s Blain|Southern, curated by Koyo Kouoh, the art director for Raw Material (Senegal) and a member of the Award Jury for the 18th Festival (2013).
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Fotograf: Everton Ballardin
Visuelle Tour durch das 19. Festival Zeitgenössischer Kunst Sesc_Videobrasil: Südliche Panoramen. 6. Oktober - 6. Dezember 2015, São Paulo, Brasilien