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Gaba, Meschac

Born 1961 in Cotonou, Benin
Lives and works in Cotonou, Benin and Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Meschac Gaba, Peinture Sculpture: Médecine, 1994, Acrylic and collage of CFA bank notes on wood. Courtesy In Situ - fabienne leclerc  

Since the mid-1990s, Meschac Gaba has investigated constructions of cultural identity along with systems of trade as they relate to exchanges between Africa and the Western world. Addressing ideas of value and revaluation, perceptions of African art, the politics of museum display, and roles of both artist and visitor, Gaba inaugurated his major work, Museum of Contemporary African Art, in 1997. Over a period of five years, the artist progressively installed twelve interactive “rooms” of this nomadic museum at institutions throughout Europe, culminating with his presentation of the final room, the Humanist Space, at documenta 11 in 2002. At once critical yet playfully sincere, this project—like much of the artist’s work to follow—addresses and overturns codes of national and shared identity, along with their inherent value, by blurring the political, the artistic and the everyday. The project was re-initiated most recently at the Tate Modern in 2013.

Selected Artists

Maya-Inès Touam

Mo Baala

Mouna Saboni

Youssef Nabil

Hicham Benohoud

Yo-Yo Gonthier

Kehinde Wiley

Prince Gyasi

Artists 2023

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    • Youssef Nabil

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