Africa 53
Date: Thursday 17 September–Thursday 4 November
Time: Daily
Free admission
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Africa 53 is a high profile, engaging and vibrant exhibition that will be shown for the first time in the UK, showcasing the work of international contemporary African artists at the Cooper gallery and The Gallery@.
The exhibition will take African contemporary art out of the ‘primitive box’ as these professional African artists probe the soul of their homeland, illuminating its values, traditions, history and the influences that shaped it.
The artists use their works with great ease and maximum effect to address African concerns, and a whole host of global issues. The result is an exhibition that presents different ways of knowing and understanding African art as represented through the art works of exceptionally talented and innovative contemporary African artists.
Included as part of the All Barnsley Diversity Festival. |
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Artists exhibiting will include
Misheck Masamvu, Kevin Dalton-Johnson,
Mansour Ciss Kanakassy, Cheikou Ba,
Sithabíle Mlotshwa, Pélagie Gbaguidi, Bill
Kouélany and Bright Ugochukwu Eke. |
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