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The Fortress 2014, rebuilt 2023
Kiluanji Kia Henda
Powder-coated aluminium, mirrored glass
Rusty Mirage documents the construction of large sculptures based on the outlines of an imagined city in the Al-Araz desert, Jordan. Henda draws on the Tchokwe peoples’ tradition of sona, geometric designs marked in the sand by storytellers. His sculpture, The Fortress, tells the story of unfinished and derelict areas of cities across the globe. Henda reflects on practices that see buildings left vacant while so many experience homelessness.*
In the exhibition’s final chapter, artists contemplate futures shaped by globalisation and the climate emergency.
In times of crisis, they find inspiration in the promise of new worlds and shared dreams for a new society. Dispensing with colonial visions of Africa, they turn to the ‘planetary’, where humans, technology and the natural world come together to form interconnected ecosystems.
Artists explore how urbanisation has transformed the continent and its ways of life. Foreign and domestic investment and higher-paying jobs have encouraged Africa’s young population to move to cities. Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo are now considered megacities, with populations over 10 million. For these artists, the city becomes a site of collective histories and a dynamic stage for the production of global networks and relations.
Shifting geopolitics and plentiful resources mean Africa’s economic growth is now predicted to outpace the rest of the world. However, the exploitation of natural and human resources has left the continent caught between the promise of a brilliant future and an uncertain present. In recent years natural disasters, extreme weather and mass migration have put the future of our planet into focus. While global in reach, these issues disproportionately affect citizens of the Global South. Here, artists address this uncertainty by turning to their environment. They face the consequences of humanity’s self-destruction and explore alternative ways of being.*
From the exhibition
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography
(July 2023 – January 2024)
A celebration of the varied landscape of contemporary African photography today
Bringing together a group of artists from different generations, this exhibition will address how photography, film, audio, and more have been used to reimagine Africa’s diverse cultures and historical narratives.
Moving beyond a traditional photography exhibition, the show seeks to explore the many ways images travel across histories and geographies. Using themes of spirituality, identity, urbanism and climate emergency, the exhibition will guide the viewer through dream-like utopias and bustling cityscapes viewed from the artists’ perspectives.
The exhibition follows artists across the many landscapes, borders and time zones of Africa to reveal how photography allows the past and the future to co-exist in powerful and transformative ways.
...A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography brings together 36 artists who use photography to reimagine Africa’s place in the world. It is inspired by the continent’s rich cultural traditions, as well as present-day social and political realities. Drawing on the theories of Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe (born 1957), the exhibition invites us to imagine ‘a world in common’. To do this, Mbembe claims, we must ‘think the world from Africa’. A World in Common explores Africa’s past, present and future to create a more expansive and inclusive narrative of humanity. It suggests that to conceive ‘a world in common’ is to imagine a future of possibility.
There is no single, definitive history of Africa. It is a continent of multiple, interconnected realities. Pushing the boundaries of photography and film, the artists in A World in Common confront reductive representations of African peoples and cultures. They address photography’s past and embrace its potential to reframe the present and shape tomorrow.
The exhibition is divided into three chapters: Identity and Tradition, Counter Histories and Imagined Futures. The first chapter is rooted in ancient African cultures and traditions which have survived periods of struggle and resistance. Inspired by Pan-African liberation movements, the second chapter looks at photography’s ability to produce counter histories - archival practices and the agency of photographer and subject are brought into focus. The third chapter explores the impact of globalisation and the climate emergency. Here, artists imagine a shared future informed by common realities. A World in Common creates space for exchange and discovery, inviting us to imagine new ways of inhabiting the earth.
[*Tate Modern]
Taken in Tate Modern
Fremont Culture Petroglyphs, Capitol Reef National Park
author: Jan Helebrant
location: Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, United States of America
remark: GPS location for rough location only
license CC0 Public Domain Dedication
Abstract geometric art by artist Bas Gentleman
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Abstract geometric art by artist Bas Gentleman
Follow me on: www.twitter.com/BasilGentleman
www.instagram.com/BasilGentleman
Contact: agentdartfr@gmail.com
#artistegeometrique #artist #geometricabstraction #geometricart #geometricartist #geometricartwork #artgeometrique #basgentleman #graphicdesign #geometry #abstraction #artmoderne #modernart #abstractart #artworks #artiste #artwork #abstractiongeometrique #minimal #geometricalart #artcontemporain #geometricabstract #graphicdesigner #contemporaryart #abstractgeometric #contemporaryartist #minimalist #minimalistic #zen #geometricdesign #designer #design #artista #arte #geometrique #abstractartist #basilgentleman #art
Abstract geometric art by artist Bas Gentleman
Follow me on: www.twitter.com/BasilGentleman
www.instagram.com/BasilGentleman
Contact: agentdartfr@gmail.com
#artistegeometrique #artist #geometricabstraction #geometricart #geometricartist #geometricartwork #artgeometrique #basgentleman #graphicdesign #geometry #abstraction #artmoderne #modernart #abstractart #artworks #artiste #artwork #abstractiongeometrique #minimal #geometricalart #artcontemporain #geometricabstract #graphicdesigner #contemporaryart #abstractgeometric #contemporaryartist #minimalist #minimalistic #zen #geometricdesign #designer #design #artista #arte #geometrique #abstractartist #basilgentleman #art
Abstract geometric art by artist Bas Gentleman
Follow me on: www.twitter.com/BasilGentleman
www.instagram.com/BasilGentleman
Contact: agentdartfr@gmail.com
#artistegeometrique #artist #geometricabstraction #geometricart #geometricartist #geometricartwork #artgeometrique #basgentleman #graphicdesign #geometry #abstraction #artmoderne #modernart #abstractart #artworks #artiste #artwork #abstractiongeometrique #minimal #geometricalart #artcontemporain #geometricabstract #graphicdesigner #contemporaryart #abstractgeometric #contemporaryartist #minimalist #minimalistic #zen #geometricdesign #designer #design #artista #arte #geometrique #abstractartist #basilgentleman #art
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Abstract geometric art by artist Bas Gentleman
Follow me on: www.twitter.com/BasilGentleman
www.instagram.com/BasilGentleman
Contact: agentdartfr@gmail.com
#artistegeometrique #artist #geometricabstraction #geometricart #geometricartist #geometricartwork #artgeometrique #basgentleman #graphicdesign #geometry #abstraction #artmoderne #modernart #abstractart #artworks #artiste #artwork #abstractiongeometrique #minimal #geometricalart #artcontemporain #geometricabstract #graphicdesigner #contemporaryart #abstractgeometric #contemporaryartist #minimalist #minimalistic #zen #geometricdesign #designer #design #artista #arte #geometrique #abstractartist #basilgentleman #art
Fremont Culture Petroglyphs, Capitol Reef National Park
author: Jan Helebrant
location: Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, United States of America
remark: GPS location for rough location only
license CC0 Public Domain Dedication
Abstract geometric art by artist Bas Gentleman
Follow me on: www.twitter.com/BasilGentleman
www.instagram.com/BasilGentleman
Contact: agentdartfr@gmail.com
#artistegeometrique #artist #geometricabstraction #geometricart #geometricartist #geometricartwork #artgeometrique #basgentleman #graphicdesign #geometry #abstraction #artmoderne #modernart #abstractart #artworks #artiste #artwork #abstractiongeometrique #minimal #geometricalart #artcontemporain #geometricabstract #graphicdesigner #contemporaryart #abstractgeometric #contemporaryartist #minimalist #minimalistic #zen #geometricdesign #designer #design #artista #arte #geometrique #abstractartist #basilgentleman #art
2012 Fashion , geometric fashion , designer , designer canada , geometric patterns , 2012 designer fashion , 2012 designer shoes , designer shoes 2012 , shoes 2012 , geometric clothing , geometric designs , hot , new , 2012 , street style , toronto designer , designer shoes , geometric hoodies , style canada , deco , decor , modern geometric , 2012FASHION , CANADIAN DESIGNER , 2012 FASHION , CANADIAN FASHION , UNVERSAL FASHION , GEOMERIC SYMBOLS ,
2012 Fashion , geometric fashion , designer , designer canada , geometric patterns , 2012 designer fashion , 2012 designer shoes , designer shoes 2012 , shoes 2012 , geometric clothing , geometric designs , hot , new , 2012 , street style , toronto designer , designer shoes , geometric hoodies , style canada , deco , decor , modern geometric , 2012FASHION , CANADIAN DESIGNER , 2012 FASHION , CANADIAN FASHION , UNVERSAL FASHION , GEOMERIC SYMBOLS ,
Abstract geometric art by artist Bas Gentleman
Follow me on: www.twitter.com/BasilGentleman
www.instagram.com/BasilGentleman
Contact: agentdartfr@gmail.com
#artistegeometrique #artist #geometricabstraction #geometricart #geometricartist #geometricartwork #artgeometrique #basgentleman #graphicdesign #geometry #abstraction #artmoderne #modernart #abstractart #artworks #artiste #artwork #abstractiongeometrique #minimal #geometricalart #artcontemporain #geometricabstract #graphicdesigner #contemporaryart #abstractgeometric #contemporaryartist #minimalist #minimalistic #zen #geometricdesign #designer #design #artista #arte #geometrique #abstractartist #basilgentleman #art