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London 2015

  • 1-54 Forum 2015
  • Exhibitors 2015
  • Sponsors 2015

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

Karo Akpokiere

Pinto, Mauro

Ruga, Athi-Patra

François-Xavier Gbré

Paa Joe and Jacob Tetteh-Ashong

Jebila Okongwu

Johannes Phokela

Gakunga, Naomi Wanjiku

Artists 2015

  • A

    • Aboudia
    • Adalberto Ferreira (Toy Boy)
    • Adam Madebe
    • Agbodjelou, Leonce Raphael
    • Andrianomearisoa, Joël
    • Anthony Lane
    • Apenouvon, Clay
    • Arlene Wandera
    • Ataa Oko
  • B

    • Ba, Omar
    • Bandoma, Steve
    • Barthélemy Toguo
    • Ben Khelil, Yesmine
    • Ben Rejeb, Lina
    • Benbouchta, Amina
    • Berhanu, Merikokeb
    • Bobson Sukhdeo Mohanlall
    • Bondo, Vitshois Mwilambwe
    • Bouabdellah, Zoulikha
    • Bouderbala, Meriem
    • Boutté, Nathalie
    • Bright Ugochukwu Eke
    • Bruce Clarke
  • C

    • Chamekh, Nidhal
    • Chihota, Virginia
  • D

    • Daniel Blom
    • Deborah Bell
    • Demola Ogunajo
    • Dicko, Saidou
    • Diop, Omar Victor
    • Douglas Camp, Sokari
    • Dükü, Ernest
    • Durant Basi Sihlali
  • E

    • Edson Chagas
    • EL Loko
    • Emma Amos
    • Eric Pina
    • Eyongakpa, Em’Kal
  • F

    • Francisco Van-Dùnem (Van)
    • Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny
    • François-Xavier Gbré
  • G

    • Gaba, Meschac
    • Gakunga, Naomi Wanjiku
    • Gasteli, Jellel
    • Glover, Ablade
    • Guerresi, Maïmouna
  • H

    • Hajjaj, Hassan
    • Hassan Musa
    • Hazoumè, Romuald
    • Hennie Niemann Jnr
    • Hervé Yamguen
    • Hervé Youmbi
  • I

    • Ibrahim Mahama
    • Ingrid Mwangi
  • J

    • Jackson, Ayana V.
    • James Muriuki
    • Jasse, Délio
    • Jebila Okongwu
    • Jim Chuchu
    • Joana Taya
    • Johannes Phokela
    • John Liebenberg
    • Johnson Zuze
    • Joseph Moise Agbodjelou
  • K

    • Kamuanga Ilunga, Eddy
    • Kamwathi, Peterson
    • Kapwani Kiwanga
    • Karo Akpokiere
    • Katembo, Kiripi
    • Kimathi Donkor
    • Klos, Yashua
    • Koko Robert Bi, Jems
    • Konaté, Abdoulaye
    • Kossentini, Nicène
  • L

    • Lemaoana, Lawrence
    • Leon Krige
    • Leuba, Namsa
    • Lindou, Salifou
    • Lo, Ndary
    • Lyndi Sales
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Macilau, Mario
    • Maiga, Hamidou
    • Makamo, Nelson
    • Malek Gnaoui
    • Malick Sidibé
    • Maludi, Houston
    • Mapondera, Wallen
    • Mary Evans
    • Masimba Hwati
    • Mehdi Melhaoui
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Mika, JP
    • Mimi Cherono Ng’ok
    • Miriam Syowia Kyambi
    • Mohamed Camara
    • Monsengo Shula
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
    • Moschetti, Jean-Claude
    • Mudariki, Richard
    • Myriam Mihindou
  • N

    • Ndiaye, Cheikh
    • Ndidi Emefiele
    • Nzebo, Boris
  • O

    • Okore, Nnenna
    • Olu Amoda
    • Onditi, Paul
    • Option Nyahunzvi
    • Otobong Nkanga
    • Ové, Zak
  • P

    • Paa Joe and Jacob Tetteh-Ashong
    • Paulo Kapela
    • Phillemon Hlungwani
    • Pinto, Mauro
    • Platter, Cameron
  • R

    • ruby onyinyechi amanze
    • Ruga, Athi-Patra
  • S

    • Samba, Chéri
    • Sammy Baloji
    • Sanogo, Amadou
    • Selmani, Massinissa
    • Shomali, Kura
    • Siaka Traoré Soppo
    • Simone Leigh
    • Sinzogan, Julien
    • Sonia Boyce
    • Soudan, Gor
    • Stanley, Ransome
  • T

    • Tugbiyele, Adejoke
  • V

    • Vidal, Francisco
  • W

    • Wanjiku, Beatrice
    • William Adjété Wilson
  • Y

    • Yassine Khaled
    • Yo-Yo Gonthier
    • Youssef Ouchra
  • Z

    • Zahrin Kahlo
    • Zangewa, Billie
    • Zinkpè, Dominique

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