Photo: Contemporary African Artists Steal The Show In Europe

 Contemporary African design exhibition called “Making Africa” in the renowned European design museum turned to be a major hit. 120 artists from all over Africa including Nigeria showcased their art in the Vitra Design Museum in Germany.

Photo of Senegalese artist Omar Victor Diop, “Mame”, photograph from the series “The Studio of Vanities”, 2013 © Victor Omar Diop, 2014, Courtesy Magnin-A Gallery, Paris

African artists conquer Europe. The name of the exhibition in German Vitra Design museum speaks for itself: “Making Africa – A Continent of Contemporary Design”. The show turned out to be a major hit and attracted many visitors since its opening in March. The main purpose of the exhibition is to show how contemporary art and design in Africa are shaping the continent’s future.

“Africa is showing what design can do in the 21st century and reaching far beyond traditional conventions – which, in any case, have so often been defined in the west”,

describes the exhibition Mateo Kries, the Director of the Vitra Design Museum.
After the end of the exhibition in Germany it will be on show between 2016 and 2019 in different European museums including famous Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.

Omar Victor Diop, “Aminata”, photograph from the series »The Studio of
Vanities«, 2013, © Victor Omar Diop, 2014, Courtesy Magnin-A Gallery, Paris

Pierre-Christophe Gam, “The Kingdom of Taali M”, 2012, website for the French-Congolese,
© Pierre-Christophe Gam

Fabrice Monteiro & Miswudé, Waxology series # 1, jewellery object and photograph, 2014, © Fabrice Monteiro, courtesy M.I.A Gallery

Photo of Nigerian artist J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, “Onile Gogoro Or Akaba”, photograph, 1975, © Ojeikere Estate Courtesy CAAC Courtesy Magnin-A Gallery, Paris

Nigerian artist Ikire Jones, “The Madonna”, from “The untold
Renaissance” series, 2014, pocket square,
© Walé Oyéjidé

Vigilism, » Idumota Market, Lagos 2081A.D.« from the
»Our Africa 2081A.D.« series, illustration for the Ikiré Jones Heritage Menswear Collection, 2013,
© Courtesy Olalekan [vigilism.com] and Walé Oyéjidé

Amunga Eshuchi and Cyrus Kabiru, “Big Cat”, 2012, image from the “C-Stunners” photography series,
edition of 10, © Courtesy Ed Cross Fine Art Ltd,
London, photo: Amunga Eshuchi

Gonçalo Mabunda, “www.crise.com”, 2012, Thron/throne, Collection Vitra Design Museum,
Foto/photo: © Vitra Design Museum, Jürgen Hans

Justin Plunkett, Skhayascraper, Rendering, Limited
Edition of 20, 2013, © Justin Plunkett, Courtesy The Cabinet, Kapstadt/ Cape Town

Cowds at the opening of “Making Africa” exhibition.

After the end of the exhibition in Germany it will be on show between 2016 and 2019 in different European museums including famous Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.
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