Romuald Hazoumè “On the Road to Porto-Novo”

Kondaya Genbei

poster for Romuald Hazoumè “On the Road to Porto-Novo”
[Image: Romuald Hazoumè "Pied a terre" (2004)]

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Romuald Hazoumè (b. 1962, Porto-Novo, Benin), one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists, received the prestigious Arnold Bode Award at documenta 12 (2007). In centuries past, Benin played a major role in the bitter history of the international slave trade, and Hazoumè’s work reflects on the way legacies of such historically asymmetric power relations survive into the present. This exhibition presents two series of photographic works and installations as metaphors of African place, history and identity. One photographic series documents the incredible realities of the petrol-trafficking network that keeps Benin’s vehicles fueled and its struggling economy afloat. A second series portrays an entirely different world of colourfully costumed masqueraders who incarnate Egungun ancestor figures in a voodoo ritual that showers blessings upon individuals, families and communities alike. This is Hazoumè’s first solo exhibition in Japan.
* This exhibition is part of the Kyotographie International Photography Festival.

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from April 14, 2018 at 10:00 to May 13, 2018 at 18:00
Closed on Tuesdays. Open on May.1 (Tue).

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