Africa Art is an Africa Centrum project about contemporary African art. Photographers and painters from across the continent show how they see their cities, their people, their memory and their future.
The exhibition leaves the gallery for the city: on 28 and 29 October, during the Summit, the works will be shown on digital screens in Moscow, the Moscow Region and ten more Russian cities. The stories of the works and the artists are collected here, on the project site.
Detail · Muslim children praying at Mosque
How it works
Three steps from the screen to the conversation
Step 1
See
On 28 and 29 October, find the works on digital screens in Moscow and other Russian cities.
Step 2
Learn
Open the project catalogue: every work has its own story and artist page.
Step 3
Meet
Come to Africa Centrum Talks and speak with the artists and curators.
We will talk about how the Africa Art project came together; how personal experience and the challenges of a changing world shape the aesthetic and artistic choices of painters and photographers; about working with museums and galleries in different African countries; and about what draws new participants to the Russian art scene.
Registration opens soon
29
October, Thu18:30–20:00
Africa Through the Artist’s Eyes
ZILART Museum, 3 Bratyev Vesninykh Boulevard
Free entry with registration. Entry to the exhibition hall requires an exhibition ticket
We will talk about how contemporary African artists reflect on cultural memory, identity and change in society. Through works by artists in the Africa Art project, we will discuss the variety of the continent’s artistic languages, the links between art, history and everyday life, and themes and images that remain little known outside Africa.
Registration opens soon
Curators
How the works were chosen
We looked for work that is strong as art, speaks about today and comes from many parts of the continent.
Igo Diarra
Project curator
With over 25 years of experience in designing and promoting transnational cultural projects, Igo Diarra first established himself as a visionary across the African continent before conquering the global stage. A seasoned traveler and transmitter of knowledge, he takes part in the world’s most prestigious biennials, fairs, festivals, trade shows, conferences, and exhibitions. His areas of expertise span multidisciplinary cultural management, management, production, curation, and publishing. A member of several boards and professional networks, he puts an impressive network of contacts at the service of creativity.
Daria Vanyukova
Project curator
Daria Vanyukova holds a PhD in art history and is deputy head of the Museum of African Cultures department at the State Museum of Oriental Art. She has curated a series of exhibition projects on the art of sub-Saharan Africa.
Jocelin-Patrick Mandzela
President of Africa Centrum
We set out to show Africa through the work of African artists themselves: how they see the continent’s history, everyday life and culture.
The curatorial duo brought together African and Russian views of contemporary art. That is the core idea of the project, in the spirit of the Russia–Africa Summit: not just an introduction to a culture, but an exchange of perspectives and a living dialogue.
Partners
Made together with
Initiator and operator
Official partner
Russia–Africa
Institutional partners
State Museum of Oriental ArtGalerie MédinaZILART
Media partner
MAER
Partners
Safmar Hotels
Artists of Africa. Art of the continent
Meet the artists and curators of the project. Free entry with registration.
Show works on this theme →02 / 07Changing worldМеняющийся мир7 works
Show works on this theme →03 / 07Happiness withinСчастье внутри4 works
Show works on this theme →04 / 07Lessons of the soulУроки души6 works
Show works on this theme →05 / 07Living heritageЖивое наследие4 works
Show works on this theme →06 / 07The power of the futureСила будущего5 works
Show works on this theme →07 / 07Elements of the UniverseСтихии Вселенной6 works
Show works on this theme →—OtherДругое19 works
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