Bringing together a group of artists from different generations, this exhibition will address how photography, film, audio, and more have been used to reimagine Africa’s diverse cultures and historical narratives.
Moving beyond a traditional photography exhibition, the show seeks to explore the many ways images travel across histories and geographies. Using themes of spirituality, identity, urbanism and climate emergency, the exhibition will guide the viewer through dream-like utopias and bustling cityscapes viewed from the artists’ perspectives.
The exhibition follows artists across the many landscapes, borders and time zones of Africa to reveal how photography allows the past and the future to co-exist in powerful and transformative ways.
Read, rest and reflect in our free space Common Ground before or after the exhibition.
Atong Atem Adut and Bigoa 2015 courtesy of the artist and MARS Gallery © Atong Atem
Dawit L. Petros Untitled (Prologue III), Nouakchott, Mauritania 2016 Courtesy of the artist and Tiwani Contemporary
Credit: Kudzanai Chiurai We Live in Silence IV 2017 courtesy of the artist and the Goodman Gallery © Kudzanai Chiurai
Wura-Natasha Ogunji Will I still carry water when I am a dead woman? 2013 Fridman Gallery © Wura-Natasha Ogunji. Photo Credit Ema Edosio
Kiluanji Kia Henda Rusty Mirage (The City Skyline) 2013 Tate Purchased with funds provided by the Africa Acquisitions Committee 2016 © Kiluanji Kia Henda
Kiripi Katembo Avancer, Un regard series 2008-2013 © Kiripi Katembo, Courtesy Kiripi Katembo Siku Foundation & MAGNIN-A Gallery, Paris
Mario Macilau Breaking News from The Profit Corner series 2015 © Mario Macilau
Our exhibition guide explores the exhibition room by room.
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Kelani Abass; Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou; Malala Andrialavidrazana; Atong Atem; Sammy Baloji; James Barnor; Edson Chagas; Kudzanai Chiurai; Ndidi Dike; Andrew Esiebo; Em'kal Eyongakpa; Rotimi Fani-Kayode; Hassan Hajjaj; Délio Jasse; Julianknxx; Samson Kambalu; Kiripi Katembo; Lebohang Kganye; Kiluanji Kia Henda; François-Xavier Gbré; Maïmouna Guerresi; Mário Macilau; Lazhar Mansouri; Sabelo Mlangeni; Cristina de Middel; Santu Mofokeng; Fabrice Monteiro; Aida Muluneh; Wura-Natasha Ogunji; Zohra Opoku; George Osodi; Ruth Ossai; Léonard Pongo; Dawit L. Petros; Zina Saro-Wiwa; Khadija Saye.
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