par Biennale Dakar | Avr 22, 2022 | LES RESTES SUPRÊMES
If they took the floor, what would the African masks on display in the European « ethnographic » museums tell us? In the 1950s “Statues die too” movie, Chris Marker and Alain Renais asked this question which still resonates today – “Why is Negro Art at the Musée...
par Biennale Dakar | Avr 22, 2022 | 343, plaidoyer pour la dignité de l’homme
The 343 figure refers to a project to space sculptures devised by visual artist Ousmane Dia during the fourteenth edition of the Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art on the theme « Forger ». This monumental sculptural installation will consist of 343 pieces...
par Biennale Dakar | Avr 22, 2022 | TEG BET GESTU GI
THEODORE MONOD MUSEUM, A LABORATORY OF NEW IMAGINARIES It is a highly meaningful curatorial project. In its proposal, Teg Bët Gëstu Gi stimulates the metamorphic life of objects. The museum, a rhizomatic and living organism, asserts its transformative potential, its...
par Biennale Dakar | Avr 22, 2022 | Doxantu
The Doxantu project was initiated as part of the Dakar Biennale to unveil the full potential and help clean up the space of Corniche Ouest (along the Western coastal highway). In Wolof language (one of Senegal’s languages), Doxantu means stroll. Doxantu is a...
par Biennale Dakar | Avr 21, 2022 | Les rencontres professionnelles
The AFRICAN ART MARKET The notion of African art market, as we know, is controversial. Palpable, stammering reality or fantasy? Opinions are divided among these standpoints like all the shades of grey between black and white. It is a sign that we are not faced with an...
