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Mabunda, GonçaloJack Bell Gallery

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

Goncalo Mabunda, Throne of the Intellectuals, 2019, Mixed media, 91 x 142 x 66 cm. Courtesy Jack Bell Gallery 

Gonçalo Mabunda is interested in the collective memory of his country, Mozambique: a country whose long civil war remains ingrained in the memories of its inhabitants. In his sculptures he gives 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; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; CCCB Barcelona; Kunsthal Rotterdam and Blanton Museum of Art, Austin).

Selected Artists

Vasquez, Raelis

Robles-Gordon, Amber

Lewis, Nate

Manlanbien, Marie-Claire Messouma

Urgessa, Tesfaye

Earl Thomas, Barbara

Erruas, Safaa

Grobler, Liza

Artists 2020

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    • Abe, Stacey Gillian
    • Aboudia
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    • Adjani Okpu-Egbe
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    • Agueznay, Amina
    • Alatise, Peju
    • Almighty God (Kwame Akoto)
    • Amponsah, Larry
    • Anje, Boris ‘Anjel’
    • Appah, Gideon
    • Asidere, Duke
    • Ategwa, Ajarb Bernard
    • Atugonza, Richard
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    • Bam, Ranti
    • Benade, Hanneke
    • Bongoy, Patrick
    • Boua, Armand
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    • Chambers, Dominic
    • Charlotte, Robert
    • Choumali, Joana
    • Cissé, Soly
    • Clottey, Serge Attukwei
    • Comoe, Josue
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    • Davis, Damon
    • Désert, Jean-Ulrick
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    • Erruas, Safaa
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    • Hayes, Donté K.
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    • Kvvadwo
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    • Lamrabat, Mous
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    • Lewis, Nate
    • Lieros, Helen
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  • V

    • Vandy, LR
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    • Victor, Diane
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    • Weeks, Kyle
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