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London 2014

  • 1-54 Forum 2014
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Mabunda, GonçaloJack Bell Gallery

Born 1975 in Maputo, Mozambique
Lives and works in Maputo, Mozambique

Gonçalo Mabunda, The Fluctuating Throne, 2020, Mixed media, 125 x 103 x 70 cm. Courtesy of Jack Bell Gallery. 

Gonçalo Mabunda draws from the collective memory of his country, Mozambique: a country whose long civil war remains ingrained in the memories of its inhabitants. His sculptures give anthropomorphic form to AK47s, rocket launchers, pistols and other objects of destruction – weapons that were recovered in 1992 at the end of a fifteen-year conflict that divided the region. The deactivated weapons of war carry strong political connotations, yet the compositions he creates also convey a positive reflection on the transformative power of art and the resilience and creativity of Mozambique.

Mabunda’s work was included in the 56th Venice Biennale (2015) and Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design (2015–19: Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; CCCB Barcelona and Blanton Museum of Art Austin.

Selected Artists

Nestor Da

Maiga, Hamidou

EL Loko

Paul Sika

Wayne Barker

Afi Nayo

Maluka, Mustafa

Karo Akpokiere

Artists 2014

  • A

    • Aboudia
    • Afi Nayo
    • Agbodjelou, Leonce Raphael
    • Amadou Camara Gueye
    • Amahiguéré Dolo
    • Andrianomearisoa, Joël
    • Arlene Wandera
    • Armen Agop
    • Ataa Oko
  • B

    • Ba, Omar
    • Bandoma, Steve
    • Barthélemy Toguo
    • Bondo, Vitshois Mwilambwe
    • Bruce Clarke
  • C

    • Calixte Dakpogan
    • Camara, Serigne Mbaye
    • Chamekh, Nidhal
  • D

    • Daniel Blom
    • Diop, Omar Victor
    • Donkor, Godfried
    • Douglas Camp, Sokari
  • E

    • Edson Chagas
    • El Baz, Mohamed
    • EL Loko
    • Emeka Ogboh
  • F

    • Fayçal Baghriche
    • François-Xavier Gbré
    • Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
  • G

    • Gaba, Meschac
    • Gakunga, Naomi Wanjiku
    • Gary Stephens
    • Glover, Ablade
    • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude
    • Guerresi, Maïmouna
  • H

    • Hajjaj, Hassan
    • Halter, Dan
    • Harandane Dicko
    • Hazoumè, Romuald
    • Hervé Yamguen
  • I

    • Ibrahim Mahama
  • J

    • James Muriuki
    • John Goba
    • John Liebenberg
    • John Murray
    • Joseph-Francis Sumegné
  • K

    • Kamwathi, Peterson
    • Karl Gietl
    • Karo Akpokiere
    • Klos, Yashua
    • Koko Robert Bi, Jems
    • Konaté, Abdoulaye
    • Kossentini, Nicène
    • Kure, Marcia
  • L

    • Lemaoana, Lawrence
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Maiga, Hamidou
    • Malick Sidibé
    • Maluka, Mustafa
    • Mancoba, Ernest
    • Megumi Matsubara
    • Melvin Edwards
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Mika, JP
    • Miriam Syowia Kyambi
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
    • Moschetti, Jean-Claude
    • Musekiwa, Terrence
  • N

    • Ndiaye, Cheikh
    • Nestor Da
    • Nxumalo, Musa N.
    • Nzebo, Boris
  • O

    • Ogunbanwo, Lakin
    • Okhai Ojeikere, J.D.
    • Okore, Nnenna
    • Okpu-Egbe, Adjani
    • Onditi, Paul
    • Otobong Nkanga
    • Owusu-Ankomah
  • P

    • Paul Sika
    • Pinto, Mauro
    • Platter, Cameron
  • Q

    • Quenum, Gérard
  • R

    • Rafik El Kamel
    • Ricardo Rangel
    • Richard Butler-Bowdon
    • Roger Ballen
    • Ruga, Athi-Patra
  • S

    • Samba, Chéri
    • Sammy Baloji
    • Sandile Zulu
    • Sanogo, Amadou
    • Shomali, Kura
    • Sinzogan, Julien
    • Soudan, Gor
    • Stanley, Ransome
  • T

    • Takadiwa, Moffat
    • Terjuman, Houda
    • Tshindele, Pathy
    • Tugbiyele, Adejoke
  • V

    • Van Hove, Eric
    • Virginia Ryan
  • W

    • Watts, Ouattara
    • Wayne Barker
    • Wycliffe Mundopa
  • X

    • Xiomara De Oliver
  • Y

    • Younès Baba-Ali
    • Younès Rahmoun
  • Z

    • Zangewa, Billie

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