From June 22 to July 18, 2018, Jack Bell Gallery, London will present Djoly Du Mogoba, an exhibition of recent works by Ivorian artist Aboudia. Born in Abidjan in 1983, Aboudia is noted for his large-scale, heavily layered, brutally energetic paintings that combine an innocence and spontaneity with the portrayal of a dark interior world. Since […]
From April 13 to 27, 2018, Jack Bell Gallery, London will present The Messenger, an exhibition of recent sculptures by Mozambican contemporary artist Goncalo Mabunda. Born in 1975, Goncalo Mabunda draws on the collective memory of his country, Mozambique, which has only recently emerged from a long and terrible civil war. He works with arms recovered in […]
From March 29 to April 7, 2018, Jack Bell Gallery, London will present Citizens of Porto-Novo, a new body of work by Bienese photographer, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Here, the artist captures Benin’s capital, as well as interprets the experience of a generation caught between tradition and progress. Leonce is one of the pre-eminent photographers of the Republic […]
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From February 16 to March 2, 2018, Jack Bell Gallery will present Mogo De Poy-City, an exhibition of recent work by Armand Boua. Boua was born in 1978 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Armand Boua takes the street kids of his hometown Abidjan as subjects for his portraits. ‘I wanted to show their suffering, their way […]
From January 19 to February 2, 2018, Jack Bell Gallery, London will present Kwasa Kwasa Girls, an exhibition of recent work by Ajarb Bernard Ategwa. Cameroon’s largest city, Douala, has enjoyed many foreign influences in the past and more recently an influx of migrants from within the country as well as from neighbouring regions. This has shaped Douala […]
From October 26 to November 10, 2017, Jack Bell Gallery, London will present Gawa Dangoro, a solo exhibition of recent work by leading contemporary Ivorian artist Aboudia. Aboudia is noted for his large-scale, heavily layered, brutally energetic paintings that combine an innocence and spontaneity with the portrayal of a dark interior world. His urban landscapes […]
From October 3 to 20, 2017, Jack Bell Gallery London will present Gun Dogs, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Lavar Munroe featuring a new body of mixed media paintings and sculpture that utilize wall and ground to explore impermanence, memory and the concept of heroics. Gun dogs, according to the dictionary, are types of hunting […]
The month of July offers a selection of highly anticipated exhibitions at Africa’s leading art galleries. Here’s a list of some of the most exciting. Group Exhibition LKB/G Gallery Dear History: It’s Not Me, It’s You July 1 to 22 LKB/G Gallery, Germany is pleased to present Dear History: It’s Not Me, It’s You by […]
From July 7 to 21, 2017, Jack Bell Gallery will present Ubuntu Ngabantu by South African artist Bambo Sibiya. Rich stylistic detail and textures mark BaJack Bell Gallerymbo Sibiya’s linocuts and drypoint works, which seem to give insight into masculine identity and community on the streets of Johannesburg. Sibiya has found inspiration in the social realists […]
Jack Bell Gallery will present Clache Moi, an exhibition by Ivoirienne artist Armand Boua from February 17 to March 3, 2017. Here, the artist takes the street kids of his hometown Abidjan as subjects for his portraits. “I wanted to show their suffering, their way of life”, he says, “so that people are finally aware […]