Dakar Biennale 2018
by NEWS
From May 3 to June 2, The Biennale of Contemporary African Art, DAK’ART will hold in Dakar, under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Senegal. The bi-annual event is organised by the General Secretariat of the biennale and this year’s edition will celebrate its 26th anniversary.
Following the theme, The City in the Blue Day which refers to a poem by Léopold Sédar Senghor, this edition bears the seal of another father of Negritude, Aimé Césaire who has borrowed the term “red hour.” Extracted from his play And the dogs were silent, “red hour” speaks of emancipation, freedom and responsibility.
75 artists have been selected from the 500 applications and to ensure consistency, the artistic director of the 2016 edition, Simon Njami, was renewed. Alongside Njami, Dak’Art has invited Elvira Dyangani Ose, Marisol Rodriguez, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Alya Sebti and Hou Hanru as guest curators. Each of them will curate a collective show with 3-5 selected artists.
Selected artists are as follows:
South Africa
Beathur Mgoza Baker aka Bea
Frances Goodman
Moshekwa Langa
Amita Makan
Ledelle Moe
Andrew Tshabangu
Mary Sibande
James Webb
Algeria
Sonia Kessi
Amina Zoubir
Angola
Januario José Jano Aka
Belgium
Chahrazède Lhadj Mohand
Benin
Laeila Adjovi
Emo Medeiros
Meschac Gaba
Pélagie Gbaguidi
Brazil
Rose Mara Rose Da Silva aka Silva
Cameroon
Guy Bertrand Wouete Lotchouang aka Guy Wouete
Patrick aka Joel Yonkeu Omraam Tatcheda
Yvon Léolein Ngassam Tchatchoua
Republic of Congo
Paul Alden Mvoutoukoulou aka M’vout
Géraldine Tobe
Ivory Coast
Franck Fanny,
Watts Ouattara
Cuba
Juan Milanes Adres Benito aka Milanes,
Glenda Leon
Egypt-Iran
Ghada Amer and Reza Farkondeh
Egypt
Ibrahim Ahmed
Rana Ashraf
Asmaa Barakat
Marianne Magdy Fahmy
Magdy Elsayed Mohamed Mostafa
United States
Angela Franklin Faye
Kara Walker
Ethiopia
Loulou Cherinet
Ermias Kifleyesus
Emmanuel Tegene
Zaudito Yosef
France
Téo Betin,
Katia Kameli
Gabon
Nathalie Mba Bikoro
Ghana
Godfried Donkor
Haiti
Pascale Monnin
Jamaica
Oneika Russell,
Arlene Wandera
Kenya
Jackie Karuti
Paul Onditi
Madagascar
Rina Ralay Ranaivo
Morocco
Yasmina Alaoui
Balbzioui Yassine
barek Bouhchichi
Mounir Fatmi
Mohssin Harraki
Mehdi-Georges Lahlou
Randa Maroufi
Mohamed Ziad Naitaddi
Younes Rahmoun
Maurice
Shiraz Ali Bayjoo
Martinique
David Damoison
Nigeria
Ndidi Dike,
Tejuoso Olanrewaju aka Olan
Emeka Udemba
Dominican Republic
Marcos Lora-Read
Rwanda
Christian Nyampeta
Senegal
Bliss Codjo
Ibrahima Kébé
Cheikh Ndiaye
Alioune Badara Sarr
Amadou Kane Sy
Sudan
Hassan Musa
Tanzania
Rehema Seithy Chachage
TNANI Ali
Tunisia
Kudzanai Chiurai
Zimbabwe
Admire Kamudzengerere
Dana Whabira
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