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Meschac Gaba

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Meschac Gaba
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenBenin Edit
Ein date of birth1961 Edit
Place dem born amCotonou Edit
SpouseAlexandra van Dongen Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Educate forRijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Edit
ResidenceRotterdam Edit
Work locationAmsterdam Edit
Participant insydDocumenta 11 Edit
Dema official websitehttp://stevenson.info/artist/meschac-gaba/, https://www.museumofcontemporaryafricanart.com/ Edit
Represented byTanya Bonakdar Gallery Edit
Copyright representativereproduction right not represented by CISAC member Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit

Meschac Gaba (born 1961) be a Beninese conceptual artist wey base insyd Rotterdam den Cotonou. Ein installations of everyday objects whimsically juxtapose African den Western cultural identities den commerce. He be best known for The Museum of Contemporary African Art 1997–2002, an autobiographical 12-room installation dem acquire den display by de Tate Modern insyd 2013. Na he sana dey exhibit at de Studio Museum in Harlem den at de 2003 Venice Biennale.

Early life den career

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Dem born Meschac Gaba insyd Cotonou, Benin, insyd 1961. Na he dey drift from ein training as a painter until a bag of decommissioned money cut into confetti led him to make paintings plus de material.[1] Gaba cam be known for ein installations of everyday objects wey whimsically juxtapose African den Western cultural identities den commerce.[2]

Artsy select Gaba ein work as a highlight of de 2014 1:54 London art fair.[2]

Exhibitions dem select

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  • "Exchange Market", Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York City, 2014[3]
  • "Museum of Contemporary African Art", Tate Modern, 2013[4]
  • "Tresses", Studio Museum in Harlem, 2005[5]

References

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  1. ↑ Wright, Karen (June 28, 2013). "In The Studio: Meschac Gaba, artist". The Independent. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ossei-Mensah, Larry (October 12, 2014). "The Buzz Around Contemporary African Art: 10 Trending Artists at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair". Artsy. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Walleston, Aimee (September 1, 2014). "Meschac Gaba". Art in America. Archived from the original on September 28, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ Brown, Mark (July 1, 2013). "Tate Modern opens doors to African visionaries Salahi and Gaba". The Guardian. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ Cotter, Holland (March 4, 2005). "Art in Review; Meschac Gaba". The New York Times. p. E37. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018.

Read further

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  • Ambler, Charlie (August 7, 2013). "D.I.Y. Museum". Modern Painters. 25 (7): 25. ISSN 0953-6698.
  • Auer, James (September 24, 2001). "Artists' works converge at inova for a healing world view: [Final Edition]". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Milwaukee, Wis. Milwaukee, Wis., United States, Milwaukee, Wis. p. 06B. ISSN 1082-8850. ProQuest 261382592.
  • Bari, Shahidha (July 18, 2013). "Rooms of magic and mischief". Times Higher Education (2110): 40. ISSN 0049-3929.
  • Burrows, David (September 2000). "10th East International". Art Monthly (239): 32–34. ISSN 0142-6702. ProQuest 1320707174.
  • Casavecchia, Barbara (November–December 2000). "Taipei Biennial". Flash Art. 33 (215): 103. ISSN 0394-1493. ProQuest 1320788123.
  • Cotter, Holland (March 7, 2013). "A Light Hand at the Independent Art Fair". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  • Folkersma, Nina (2000). "Meschac Gaba's museum on the moon". M'Ars (Slovenia). 12 (3–4): 40–41. ISSN 0353-541X. ProQuest 1320168012.
  • Folkersma, Nina (1998). "Meschac Gaba's Museum on the Moon". Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. 1998 (9): 16–19. doi:10.1215/10757163-9-1-16. ISSN 1075-7163. S2CID 191487808. ProQuest 222240656.
  • Halkes, Petra (2001). "Meschac Gaba". Parachute (Canada) (104): 7. ISSN 0318-7020. ProQuest 1320174786.
  • Hamilton, Adrian (July 16, 2013). "Ibrahim el-Salahi: Out of Africa". The Independent. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  • Heartney, Eleanor (February 2001). "Circuit cities". Art in America; New York. Vol. 89, no. 2. pp. 48–55. ISSN 0004-3214. ProQuest 219736533.
  • Kulish, Nicholas (January 8, 2014). "African Artists, Lifted by the Promises of Democracy and the Web". The New York Times.
  • Luke, Ben (July 2, 2013). "Arresting journey to Africa". Evening Standard. p. 32. ISSN 1472-5223.
  • "Making space". Economist. 407 (8842): 77. June 29, 2013. ISSN 0013-0613.
  • "Meschac Gaba". Art in America. 102 (8): 148. September 2014. ISSN 0004-3214.
  • "Meschac Gabas 'Museum Shop' in der Ausstellung 'South Meets West' [Meschac Gaba's 'Museum Shop' in the exhibition 'South Meets West']". Berner Kunstmitteilungen (325): 18–19. June–August 2000. ISSN 1010-559X. ProQuest 1320855589.
  • Mew, Sophie (September 2014). "Meschac Gaba". African Arts. 47 (3): 85. doi:10.1162/AFAR_r_00169. S2CID 193034291.
  • Pawson, Lara (March 14, 2013). "Here & There". Frieze. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  • Robertson, Erin C.J. (June 24, 2016). "Beninese Artist Meschac Gaba Transforms Holland's Architecture Into Towering Colorful Wigs". OkayAfrica. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  • Smith, Roberta; Heinrich, Will; Schwendener, Martha (July 20, 2017). "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week". The New York Times.
  • Weston, Neville (March 2014). "IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI: A Visionary Modernist". Craft Arts International (90): 102. ISSN 1038-846X.
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