©
AAF African Artists' Foundation Est. 2007
We
are all deluded. In the most dangerous ways, the most beautiful ways and the
most banal and benign ways we all exist in a world of our own design, our own
creation, our own filter. Built with our beliefs, our histories, our traumas,
our consumption, our interactions, our
societies, our habits, our opportunities and dreams, we design our own reality.
societies, our habits, our opportunities and dreams, we design our own reality.
Art
is an expression of our reality, and design is the personality of our ideas.
The artists brought together here use diverse media - film, fashion, paint,
photography, digital collage, and sound - to create full worlds with the
precision and intentionality inherent in the concept of yet all of us, with our
unique delusions, perceptions and experiences, exist in the same physical
world. The exhibition is an exploration of this kaleidoscopic amalgamation of
our
The
featured artists show the diversity and complexity of each of our worldviews:
complete, distinct, nuanced and fantastical. They design and manifest their own
distinct realities.
The
intention is to leave the viewer with no one thing to say about female African
artists. The more you see, the less you know.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Joana
Choumali (Côte d'Ivoire)
Nkechi
Ebubedike (Nigeria/USA)
Akwaeke
Emezi (Nigeria)
Modupeola
Fadugba (Nigeria)
Selly
Raby Kane (Senegal)
Nkiruka
Oparah (Nigeria)
Moonchild
Sanelly (South Africa)
hfires (Nigeria)
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