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New York 2015

  • 1-54 Forum 2015
  • Exhibitors 2015

Abdoulaye KonatéPrimo Marella Gallery

Born in 1953 in Diré, Mali. Lives and works in Bamako, Mali

'Composition N°23', 2015. Textile. 218 x 145 cm / 85.83 x 57.09 in. Courtesy of Primo Marella Gallery 

Woven strips of dyed Malian cloth fashioned into large-scale tapestries have become the trademark of Abdoulaye Konaté’s oeuvre. His large-scale textiles of sewn and applied fabric reference the West African tradition of using textiles as a means of commemoration and communication. Combining local aesthetics with global subject matters (sovereignty, AIDS, deforestation and the disparities between North and South), Konaté merges political commentary and traditional craftsmanship.

Konaté has participated in numerous international museum exhibitions. Major group shows include documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany; Africa Remix (2004–2007 in Düsseldorf, London, Paris, Tokyo, Johannesburg); and more recently, the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2014; and the Norrköping Art Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2015. In 2008, he was nominated for the Artes Mundi prize in Cardiff, UK. Konaté has received national honours from Mali (Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mali) and from France (Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France). He is Director of the Conservatoire for Arts and Media in Bamako.

Selected Artists

Michéa, Vincent

Hazoumè, Romuald

Kura Shomali

Megumi Matsubara

Bandoma, Steve

Owusu-Ankomah

Rim Battal

Sidibé, Malick

Artists 2015

  • A

    • Abdoulaye Konaté
    • Aboudia
    • Alaoui, Leila
    • Andrianomearisoa, Joël
    • Asha Zero
    • Ayana V. Jackson
  • B

    • Bandoma, Steve
    • Barend de Wet
    • Bobson Sukhdeo Mohanlall
    • Boua, Armand
    • Bouabré, Frédéric Bruly
    • Boutté, Nathalie
    • Bright Ugochukwu Eke
    • Bruce Clarke
  • C

    • Calixte Dakpogan
    • Cissé, Soly
    • Conrad Botes
  • D

    • Daniel Blom
    • Diop, Omar Victor
  • E

    • Edson Chagas
  • G

    • Gbré, François-Xavier
    • Gérard Quenum
  • H

    • Hazoumè, Romuald
  • I

    • Ibrahim Mahama
  • J

    • Jean-Claude Moschetti
    • Jim Chuchu
  • K

    • Keïta, Seydou
    • Kentridge, William
    • Kganye, Lebohang
    • Kura Shomali
  • L

    • Lavar Munroe
    • Lemaoana, Lawrence
    • Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Maïmouna Guerresi
    • Mansaray, Abu Bakarr
    • Megumi Matsubara
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Mika, JP
    • Monsengo Shula
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
    • Mudariki, Richard
  • N

    • Ndiaye, Cheikh
    • Nidhal Chamekh
    • Nzebo, Boris
  • O

    • Ojeikere, J.D. ‘Okhai
    • Olu Amoda
    • Owusu-Ankomah
  • P

    • Paul Sika
    • Peter E Clarke
  • R

    • Ransome Stanley
    • Rim Battal
    • ruby onyinyechi amanze
  • S

    • Samba, Chéri
    • Sammy Baloji
    • Sanogo, Amadou
    • Sidibé, Malick
  • T

    • Theo Eshetu
    • Toyin Loye
    • Tshindele, Pathy
  • V

    • van Hove, Eric
    • Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo
  • W

    • Wayne Barker
  • Y

    • Younès Baba-Ali
  • Z

    • Zangewa, Billie

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