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Beyond the Wall
Esther Mahlangu and Ndebele Culture 25 Oct - 30 Nov 2024 Black Liquid Art is inaugurating its Rome venue with an exhibition dedicated to Esther Mahlangu, one of the most iconic figures in contemporary African art. This event offers the opportunity to connect with the work of one of the most powerful voices in South African art, capable of blending Ndebele... Read more -
Beyond the Surface
The Inner World of Portraits 11 May - 11 Jun 2024 The beauty of the black woman is often obscured by a world that perpetuates white supremacy. As African-American author and activist Bell Hooks states: 'Black women are sometimes led to accept the myth of their sexual and beauty inferiority. This myth, rooted in centuries of oppression and colonialism, continues to... Read more -
Bam! Zap! Pow!'
Visual Dialogues between West and Africa in Comic-inspired Art 24 Feb - 15 Apr 2024 What links contemporary African art to American Pop Art? And what is the relationship between art and comics? These are precisely the questions that the exhibition 'Bam! Zap! Pow! wishes to answer, exploring the creations of artists who are undisputed protagonists of contemporary art, such as Roy Lichtenstein, Mimmo Rotella,... Read more -
Africam EXPLORO
26 May - 12 Jun 2023 The Black Liquid Art Gallery , Friday, May 26, 2023 presents Africam EXPLORO, a reconnaissance involving eleven artists who have made the history of contemporary African art: Esther Mahlangu, Cheri Samba, Moke, Jean- Baptiste Ngnetchopa, Twins Seven Seven, Soly Cissè, Sanaa Gateja, Calixte Dakpogan, Jacques-Jean Efiaimbelo, George Lilanga, Pierre Bodo, and Frederic Bruly Bouabré.
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MIMESIS
Olamilekan Abatan, Alex Peter Idoko; Joseph Chimerie, Nebolisa Kelly, John Hopex 28 Jan - 1 Apr 2023 Olamilekan Abatan, Alex Peter Idoko, Joseph Chimerie, Nebolisa Kelly, John Hopex Read more -
CAMEROON: VISIONS AND CONVERGENCES
FRANCK KEMKENG NOAH, FERRAUL FOSSO, BORIS GOBINA, MARC PADEU, ROBERTO PARE, BIDIAS ROMARIC, WILLIAM MANGA, WILLIAM TAGNE NJEPE 3 Jun - 3 Sep 2022 FRANCK KEMKENG NOAH, FERRAUL FOSSO, BORIS GOBINA, MARC PADEU, ROBERTO PARE, BIDIAS ROMARIC, WILLIAM MANGA, WILLIAM TAGNE NJEPE Read more -
Soly Cissè
Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi 15 Dec 2018 - 26 Jan 2019 The Kyo Noir Studio presents another act of Ex Africa Semper aliquid novi with Senegalese artist Soly Cissè in an exhibition titled 'Physiologus,' curated by Antonella Pisilli. Read more -
Esther Mahlangu
Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi : 15 Oct - 3 Dec 2016 The Kyo Noir Studio continues with the series of exhibitions entitled "Ex Africa semper aliquid novi" , thee second focus is on Esther Mahlangu internationally known painter, she has participated in the most important exhibitions from Magiciens de la Terre to Africa Remix. Read more -
Gonçalo Mabunda
Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi 22 Apr - 10 Jun 2016 The Kyo Noir Studio inaugurates a series of exhibitions entitled "Ex Africa semper aliquid novi" the quote from Pliny the Elder will be the incipit for the general public to learn more about contemporary African art and artists. Read more -
Lovemore Kambudzi
Happiness 28 Jun - 26 Jul 2014 The Kyo Noir Studio presents the exhibition Happiness by Zimbabwean artist Lovemore Kambudzi curated by Antonella Pisilli. Read more -
Gavin Rain
Lena 29 Jun - 7 Jul 2013 In occasione di Caffeina Cultura 2013 la Kyo Art Gallery presenta la mostra Lena dell’artista sudafricano Gavin Rain curata da Antonella Pisilli. Nel XIX secolo la fisiologia e la psicologia della percezione diventano il fulcro di un’attenta analisi che si fonda su basi rigorosamente scientifiche. Gli studi di Chevreul sul... Read more -
Soly Cissè
Bestiaro 14 Apr - 14 May 2012 The Kyo Noir Studio presents a rising star of the new generation of contemporary artists from Senegal, Soly Cissé. Read more -
Almighty God
Il Divin Saggio 29 Apr - 7 May 2011 Famous in his homeland as a street painter, Almighty God creates his works on wooden boards sourced from discarded materials. Read more -
L'Africa nei loro occhi
12 - 15 Mar 2010 When it comes to African art there is a general tendency to standardize it into a unique way of making art disregarding the vastness and diversity of styles and artistic techniques specific to each country, the exhibition "Africa in Their Eyes" illustrated African cultural universes as seen and elaborated from the experience of the African artist grappling with contemporaneity and globalization. Read more -
The World Needs Us
Karlien de Villiers, Nomusa Makhubu, Collen Maswanganyi, Norman O'Flynn. 21 Feb - 15 Mar 2010 The exhibition in collaboration with Erdmann Contemporary&PhotographersGalleryZa in Cape Town and the Embassy of South Africa in Rome presents: Karlien de Villiers (painting and graphic design), Nomusa Makhubu (photography), Collen Maswanganyi (sculpture), Norman O'Flynn (painting and installation) four emerging South African artists, who live and work between Grahamstown, Cape Town and Johannesburg, are young, emerging, but already recognized talents. Their art interprets a variety of themes including identity, power, corruption, history, colonialism and stereotypical South African intolerances. Read more -
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Colui che non dimentica 9 - 15 Oct 2009 Who is Bouabré? Writer, artist, storyteller, philosopher, sage, mystic, inventor, researcher, pacifist, teacher, poet, communicator, prophet, scholar, researcher, visionary, observer, documentarian and archivist of the world around him. Read more -
Maurus Mikael Malikita
Mama Africa 21 Feb - 21 Mar 2009 Kyo Art Gallery presents Maurus Mikael Malikita's solo exhibition entitled Mama Africa. Read more -
Videozoom - Videoartisti del Marocco
VIDEOZOOM now in its seventh edition continues its commitment to the art of emerging countries, turning this year to the Arab world. 19 Apr - 11 May 2008 La Kyo Art Gallery in collaborazione con la Sala 1 di Roma, presenta VIDEOZOOM - Videoartisti del Marocco. La rassegna, a cura di Francesca Gallo e con il sostegno della Fondation Hassan II pour les Marocains Residents à l’Etranger e della Regione Lazio, dopo Roma e Frosinone, raggiungerà la sua terza tappa sabato 19 aprile 2008 a Viterbo. VIDEOZOOM giunto alla sua settima edizione prosegue l’impegno verso l’arte dei paesi emergenti, rivolgendosi quest’anno al mondo arabo. Storica “porta” fra l’Africa e l’Europa, il Marocco è attualmente interessato da un rapido processo di modernizzazione a cui non è estranea neppure la comunità marocchina in Italia, la più numerosa nel nostro paese. Negli anni ’90, assieme alle trasformazioni politiche, il Marocco vede emergere nuovi artisti, che sperimentano una pluralità di linguaggi, contaminati con l’universo della comunicazione mediatica, e che affrontano temi d’attualità come la censura o la passata repressione. Fra questi Mounir Fatmi, uno degli artisti africani di maggior successo internazionale, che riflette sugli stereotipi culturali e sulla negazione dell’auto-rappresentazione; e Brahim Bachiri, che si interroga sull’essere marocchini oggi. Dal 2000 molti giovani videomaker sono presenti ai festival internazionali, fra questi Mohamed Ezoubeiri, Mourad El Figuigui, e Hassan Boufous che operano in patria e sono originali osservatori di un mondo in trasformazione. Bouchra Khalili, invece, ha scelto il Mediterraneo – frontiera ideale e materiale fra punti di vista e aspettative spesso contrapposte – come tema cardine della propria ricerca, mentre Fatima Mazmouz, si concentra sull’identità di artista e donna. Infine, Videozoom Marocco presenta alcuni degli animatori del Collectif212, fondato da artisti attivi in Marocco, tra i quali Amina Benbouchta e Safaa Erruas, alla loro prima collaborazione video, e Younès Rahmoun, tutti caratterizzati da una ricerca che coniuga forme, materiali e idee della tradizione culturale del Marocco, con i linguaggi dell’arte contemporanea “occidentale” e dei new media. Dopo Roma, Frosinone e Viterbo la rassegna sarà presentata a Bari, Bologna, Milano, Philadelphia (USA). Read more
