Number 05000674PV, 2009. Manière noire stone lithograph, hand printed, hand coloured, signed, numbered and dated by the artist. Black lithographic ink and watercolour pigment on 285 gsm Fabriano Rosaspina Avorio paper. 80 x 156 cm. Edition 35. Courtesy of Art Source South Africa
DAK'ART 2012, Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Museum Theodore Monod, Dakar, Senegal, 11 May – 10 June 2012
CURATORS: Christine EYENE, Nadira LAGGOUNE, Riason NAIDOO
THEME: "CONTEMPORARY CREATION AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS"
The tenth edition of the biennale is held in a particular context. Indeed, 2012 is an electoral year in Senegal as was 2000. This year also marks the twentieth birthday of the most former biennale of the African continent. DAK'ART is maintained as a key event in the international art calendar. The theme chosen for this edition is expected to examine through various angles the dialogue that contemporary artists maintain with a social environment which is in constant mutation. Contemporary creation and social dynamics, is a field of investigation which academics, art critics and artists are invited to explore in the context of the meetings and exchanges of the edition 2012 of the Biennale. number 05000674PV (2009) was selected by the curators for this exhibition.
