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28th July 20225th August 2022Articles Conversations by Celine

Sènami Donoumassou : Ce qui se perd lorsque l’on quitte l’oralité pour l’écriture

Trois ans après sa première exposition monographique, l’artiste visuelle Sènami Donoumassou nous revient avec une nouvelle réflexion autour de la mémoire des langues. Entre photogrammes, installations protéiformes et dessins, sa pratique artistique expérimente l’envergure des potentialités de la lumière. A…

5th July 202228th July 2022Articles Perspectives by Celine

Globalisto. Une philosophie en mouvement.

C’est dans le contexte d’une Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne mettant en avant la création du continent africain que s’est ouvert fin-juin 2022 l’exposition Globalisto. Une philosophie en mouvement au Musée d’art moderne et contemporain Saint-Etienne Métropole (MAMC+). En septembre 2021,…

5th December 2021Articles Artpapers Conversations by Celine

Lulama Wolf: Undulating curves that create lithe bodies in space

“Not only did bodies tend to indicate a world beyond themselves, but this movement beyond their own boundaries, a movement of boundary itself, appeared to be quite central to what bodies are.*” – Judith Butler Lulama Wolf’s practice is formulated…

28th November 2021Articles Artpapers Conversations by Celine

Mous Lamrabat: Photographs from the Middle of Everywhere

We are no strangers to the sometimes-nameless photographs that surge the internet, those images that invite collective awe and depart from the exclusive realms of fine art to make their way to the very public domains of the world wide…

14th November 202115th November 2021Articles Artpapers Conversations by Celine

Skoto Gallery: The Dynamics of Success

Born in Ahoada, River State, Nigeria, Skoto Aghahowa is the founder of New York-based Skoto Gallery. Since 1992, he and his wife, Alix du Serech, have been working consistently to promote the work of artists from Africa, while also opening…

8th November 20218th November 2021Articles Artpapers Conversations by The Art Momentum

Alexis Peskine: Collective Ambition

Building on his own heritage and personal experiences, Alexis Peskine’s relief and multimedia work addresses the complexity of themes impacting people from Africa and its diasporas. His signature artworks, large-scale mixed media ‘portraits’ known as Power Figures and Fire Figures, are rendered…

19th July 20212nd August 2021Articles Conversations Perspectives by Mathilde

Najah Zarbout et Sirine Abdelhedi. Thanaya: entre plis et chemins

L’exposition Thanaya : entre plis et chemins de Najah Zarbout propose un regard poétique et engagé sur les défis sociaux et environnementaux de notre époque.

1st July 20219th July 2021Articles Artwork Interpretations Perspectives by Farah Maakel

Displaying Rather Than Teaching: Gloria Oyarzabal’s Women Go No’gree

In all her artistic practice, the book, Women Go No’Gree is the very first work where the photographer Gloria Oyarzabal talks from an analysis of her thoughts and beliefs.

6th May 202129th December 2021Articles Conversations by Farah Maakel

Sara Sadik dépasse les frontières de notre réalité

Depuis l’univers d’un jeu vidéo, Sara Sadik nous plonge dans la réalité d’un jeune homme amoureux.

15th March 202119th March 2021Articles Conversations by The Art Momentum

L’art du portrait de Mohamed Said Chair

Accompagné depuis l’enfance par la peinture et le dessin, Mohamed Said Chair est un artiste autodidacte qui a longtemps évolué dans le secteur bancaire.

13th December 2020Articles Artpapers Conversations by The Art Momentum

A Creative Vision Committed to Change: Jahman O. Anikulapo

Aside from practising as an artist since 1980, Jahman O. Anikulapo has been an arts and culture journalist since 1984, writing mostly on the performing arts, visual arts, literature, film, and cultural affairs for a number of local and international…

2nd December 2020Articles Artpapers Conversations by The Art Momentum

Nú Barreto, The Fascination of Red

Multidisciplinary artist, Nú Barreto draws attention to political and social issues on the African continent. His work resonates strongly with the #EndSARS movement currently shaking Nigeria. Few weeks before the opening of the 5th edition of ART X LAGOS during…

2nd December 20205th December 2020Articles Artpapers Conversations by The Art Momentum

Kofi Setordji: Telling Our Own Stories

Kofi Setordji is a multidisciplinary artist, born in 1957 in Accra. Largely self-taught, he is arguably one of Ghana’s most successful artists, widely exhibiting his work internationally. Setordji is also an active member of Nukube, a foundation for the promotion…

2nd December 20205th December 2020Articles Artpapers Conversations by The Art Momentum

Lola and Deen Solebo: Fostering a Legacy for Art

Lola Ogunnaike is a Nigerian American features and entertainment journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times, she lead its entertainment coverage and wrote for the paper’s Arts and Leisure section. Lola and her husband, Deen Solebo, are art…

8th March 202014th April 2021Articles Artpapers by The Art Momentum

Aïcha Snoussi and Alida Rodrigues: Constructed Mythos

Visual artists Aïcha Snoussi (Tunisia) and Alida Rodrigues (Angola) illustrate a body of imagery that is developed from distortions of the social world and vestiges of the imaginary.

16th January 202228th July 2022Articles Artpapers Conversations by Celine

Samallie Kiyingi: The Universal Language of Contemporary Art

Samallie Kiyingi is a lawyer by training and an art collector by passion. Her collection focuses on elevating the work of African artists, which she achieves not only through her support for institutions but by directly supporting the artists themselves.…

29th December 202128th July 2022Articles Artpapers Conversations by Celine

ART X Lagos and the African Digital Revolution

Over the past 18 months of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the art world has engaged widely with digital platforms in ways that have created more visibility for artists, art professionals, institutions, and even a boom in innovative online exhibitions and…

21st January 202119th July 2021Articles Conversations by Mathilde

Nimissa, la photographie réparatrice de Fatoumata Diabaté

Les Résidences Photographiques du musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac sont un programme de soutien à la photographie contemporaine, créé en 2008 par le musée. Parmi les trois lauréats 2020 on compte la photographe malienne Fatoumata Diabaté.

5th June 202014th April 2021Articles Conversations by The Art Momentum

Destination la villa Ndar Saint-Louis pour Ji-Eun Yoon, lauréate du Prix DDESSIN {19}

Pour sa huitième édition, le cabinet de dessins contemporains DDESSINPARIS investit l’Atelier Richelieu du 16 au 20 septembre 2020.

25th March 202014th April 2021Articles Artpapers by The Art Momentum

“A Beautiful Struggle”, a film by Dafe Oboro

Dafe Oboro is part of a new generation of Africa-based storytellers. Walking the line between fashion imagery and social documentary, Oboro’s work is encompassed in the tender and benevolent humor of this talented image-maker.

7th March 202014th April 2021Articles Artpapers by The Art Momentum

Cultural Platform “Of Soul and Joy”, Johannesburg: Lives through the lens

Of Soul and Joy in Thokoza, Johannesburg, is a project that seeks to empower young adults through a camera lens.

6th March 202014th April 2021Articles Artpapers by The Art Momentum

David Goldblatt and Zanele Muholi: The Grey Area

In a country struggling to shape its identity in the wake of recent history, South African photographers have utilised their chosen medium as a tool to explore an ever-changing social and cultural climate.

3rd March 202014th April 2021Articles Artpapers by The Art Momentum

Esther Mahlangu’s gift to the World: The Geometry of Now

Dr. Esther Mahlangu’s monumental works immediately summon the viewer to the Melrose Gallery’s booth in the Investec Cape Town Art Fair’s PAST/MODERN section (guest-curated by João Ferreira).

2nd March 202014th April 2021Articles Artpapers by The Art Momentum

Inside Gregory Olympio’s shapeless, Brightly-Hued world

French-Beninese artist Gregory Olympio uses his abstract painting style to explore the ways in which life can be boundless, more of a feeling than something you can hold.

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