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Contemporary art from Africa is branching out in radical ways

by lorenz on Jan 23, 2005 in Africa, migration, art

Daily Telegraph

The biggest exhibition of contemporary African art ever held in Europe, Africa Remix (Hayward Gallery, South Bank, London) is a dizzying testimony to the variety of artistic expression throughout this vast continent – from Nigerian junk sculpture to Egyptian video installation, from South African sculptor Jane Alexander's haunting animal-headed figures to the obsessive fantasy cities of Congolese artist Bodys Isek Kingelez. Perhaps the biggest departure from previous showings is the fact that many of the artists don't live or work in Africa. >> continue

SEE ALSO:
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BBC: Africa on your streeet

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