Brooklyn Museum | Leo Africanus

“… This exhibition is a major midcareer survey of work by the Nigerian-born British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. Shonibare’s artwork explores contemporary African identity and its relationship to European colonialism through painting, sculpture, installation, and moving image. Working with visual symbols such as Dutch wax fabric (produced in Europe for a West African market) and headless mannequins dressed in brightly colored costumes, Shonibare evokes the complex web of interactions, economic and racial, that reveal inequalities between the dominant and colonized cultures of Europe, Asia, and Africa. This exhibition is organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia. The Brooklyn Museum presentation is organized by Tumelo Mosaka, Associate Curator of Exhibitions, Brooklyn Museum.”

[Sources: ArtInfo.com and June 26, 2009—September 20, 2009]

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Viva Africa! the theme for July’s First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum

Posted in film, Music, New York City, tagged Abderrahmane Sissako, Brooklyn Museum, Dj Stone, events, Fort Greene, Moolade, museums, Music, Ousmane Sembene, party on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Target First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum happens again on July 5. Next month’s theme is an African affair, including screenings of Ousmane Sembene’s Moolade and Abderrahmane Sissako’s Waiting for Happiness as well as Brooklyn/Botswana DJ Stone (pictured at the Chimurenga Party at Le Grande Dakar in Fort Greene in May this year) headlining an African dance party. More here.

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