Ibrahim Mahama - Songs about Roses
Ibrahim Mahama - Songs about Roses
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| Publisher | Fruitmarket Gallery |
| ISBN | 9781908612724 |
| Idea Code | 24746 |
A Ghanaian artist critically acclaimed for his evocative large-scale, site-specific installations thatspeak to the cultural and social effects of post-colonialism and global migration. With new writing commissioned from curator Aby Gaye and Congelese artist Godelive Kasangati as well as an interview with Ibrahim Mahama. Born in Tamale in 1987, Mahama burst onto the international art scene at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015 with Out of Bounds, a work that clad the massive outside wall of the Arsenale in jute sacks to make a visually spectacular and thought-provoking installation. This work set the tone for what has become Mahama's on-going investigation into the life of materials and their dynamic potential - the jute sacks telling a visual history of the narratives of production and trade, and the more human tales embodied within.
| 232 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 28 cm, pb, English |
