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Macilau, MarioEd Cross Fine Art

Born 1984 in Maputo, Mozambique
Lives and works in Maputa, Mozambique

Mário Macilau, Untitled 4, from Things Fall Apart series, 2021, Photographic print, 60 x 90 cm. Courtesy of Ed Cross Fine Art. 

Characteristic of Mário Macilau’s photographic process, Things Fall Apart (2021) is the result of a long-term project engaging specific communities – in this case, locals in the north of Mozambique. The artist’s full-colour depictions of individuals, the ephemera of their lives, labour and relationships, are at once sensitive and troubling: stark, and subtle. Things Fall Apart shares themes with Chinua Achebe’s 1958 novel of the same name, and Macilau’s close-ups call on those parts to summon the story of their whole.  

 Major exhibitions include: Faith Rituals and the Sea, Guns and Rain, Johannesburg (2019); The Pavilion of the Holy Sea at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015) and Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design, Vitra Design Museum, Guggenheim Bilbao and other museums (2015 onwards).

Selected Artists

Agusto, Bunmi

Mapondera, Pardon

Bam, Ranti

Abbas, Rawan

Metaferia, Helina

Akpojotor, Patrick

El Mur, Salah

More, DuduBloom

Artists 2021

  • A

    • Abass, Kelani
    • Abbas, Rawan
    • Abdelrassoul, Souad
    • Abebe, Dawit
    • Aboudia
    • Adebowale, Tyna
    • Aduayom, Djeneba
    • Agueznay, Amina
    • Agusto, Bunmi
    • Akpojotor, Patrick
    • Alston, Patrick
    • Amaral, Laís
    • Amaro, Marlon
    • Amponsah, Larry
    • Andrialavidrazana, Malala
    • Anje, Boris ‘Anjel’
    • Annor, Cornelius
    • Ategwa, Ajarb Bernard
    • Atugonza, Richard
    • Audu, Osi
    • Ayman, Sara
  • B

    • Ba, Omar
    • Bakambana, Ngimbi
    • Bam, Ranti
    • Barnor, James
    • Be, Alun
    • Bertô
    • Bongoy, Patrick
    • Bosoka, Elolo
  • C

    • Camara, Serigne Mbaye
    • Chambers, Dominic
    • Chechet, Williams
    • Choumali, Joana
    • Chukwuma, Gerald
    • Clottey, Serge Attukwei
    • Conradie, Stephané E.
    • Cosbert, Ryan
  • D

    • D., Isabelle
    • Damoah, Adelaide
    • de Medeiros, Emo
    • Dhlamini, Mbali
    • Donkor, Godfried
    • Dorsey, Auudi
    • Dube, Thina
    • Dudx
  • E

    • El Makhloufi, Nabil
    • El Mur, Salah
    • Elemam, Mutaz
    • Erruas, Safaa
    • Essamba, Angèle Etoundi
  • F

    • Falade, Tobi Alexandra
    • Fatmi, Mounir
    • Fausto, Kelton Campos
  • G

    • Gollifer, Ann
    • Gyasi, Prince
  • H

    • Hagos, Tewodros
    • Hamidi, Mohamed
    • Hassan, Fathi
    • Hazoumè, Romuald
    • Houndekpinkou, King
  • J

    • James, February
  • K

    • Kamuanga Ilunga, Eddy
    • Khoza, Banele
    • Khumalo, Lindokuhle
    • Khumalo, Themba
    • Koorland, Vivienne
    • Kumah, Lord Ohene
    • Kwami, Atta
    • Ky, Siriki
  • L

    • Lagunju, Wole
    • Lamothe, Frantz
    • Lamrabat, Mous
    • Le Riche, Pierre
    • Lewis, Nate
    • Lindou, Salifou
    • Longe, Sahara
    • Luzamba, Zemba
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Machache, Sekai
    • Macharia, Osborne
    • Macilau, Mario
    • Mackintosh, Theresa-Anne
    • Maepa, Amogelang
    • Mafafo, Kimathi
    • Magadlela, Turiya
    • Mahdi, Rashid
    • Mahfoudi, Omar
    • Makonnen, Tsedaye
    • Mangovo, Cristiano
    • Mapondera, Pardon
    • Marasela, Senzeni
    • Martiel, Carlos
    • Maxim, Georgina
    • Mbugua, Evans
    • McCannon, Dindga
    • McIntosh, Cheryl
    • Mekondjo, Tuli
    • Metaferia, Helina
    • Mivekannin, Roméo
    • More, DuduBloom
    • Motaung, Lerato
    • Mphande, Hazel
    • Muholi, Zanele
    • Mwangi, Lincoln
  • N

    • Naim, Sabah
    • Ndiba, Franco
    • Ngoya, Anthony
    • Nicodemus, Everlyn
    • Nkot, Jean David
  • O

    • Oduro, Nana Yaw
    • Ogunbiyi, Temitayo
    • Okpu-Egbe, Adjani
    • Omofemi, Oluwole
    • Omran, Mohamed Khaled
    • Onguene, Daniel
    • Orkin, Ben
    • Otieno, Dickens
    • Oumarou, Moustapha Baidi
  • P

    • Padeu, Marc
    • Palito, Zéh
    • Peskine, Alexis
    • Plaatjie, Aviwe
  • R

    • Reid, Benji
  • S

    • Said, Najla
    • Searle, Berni
    • Segun, Deborah
    • Sekajugo, Collin
    • Serraf, Micha
    • Shadi, Lerato
    • Shiferaw, Tariku
    • Singer, Jake Michael
    • Solanki, Shakil
    • Swaby, Giovanna
  • T

    • Taha, Mona
    • Tavares, René
    • Tega, Tafadzwa
    • Templeton Smith, Richard
    • Timothy, Arthur
  • U

    • Urgessa, Tesfaye
    • Uzochukwu, David
  • V

    • Vandy, LR
    • Viodé, Didier
    • Visagie, Morné
  • W

    • Wani, Richard Lokiden
    • Wasswa, Donald
    • Williamson, Sue
    • Wolf, Lulama
  • Y

    • Yilma Godine, Hana
    • Yusufu, Barry
  • Z

    • Zakari, Rufai
    • Zavale, Isaac
    • Zeghidour, Radouan
    • Zinkpè, Dominique

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