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Installation View

Globalisto. A Philosophy in flux.

The group show at MAMC+ invites inter generational artists who invent new worlds, question the status quo of the current modality, critique power systems, biopolitics and multidimensional exploitation of resources.

14. juillet 2022

Installation View

Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux, curated by Mo Laudi, invites inter generational artists who invent new worlds, question the status quo of the current modality, critique power systems, biopolitics and multidimensional exploitation of resources.

They are activists, philosophers, change-makers, or storytellers and poets interconnecting Africa and its diasporas. They are from, or live in, Cameroon, Egypt, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, but also Europe, the Caribbean, or the USA. They or their ancestors arrive in new spaces carrying their histories, translating their mobilities into liberating dissent and healing. Their experimentations with materials and ideas are made manifest in works as diverse as films and videos, textiles, paintings, installations, but also ceramics, sound, photography, sculpture as well as performances. This exhibition also make reference to the West African art collection at MAMC+ and include documentation, such as the famous Drum magazine, which has been published in several African countries since the 1950s.

With works by Jamika Ajalon, Sammy Baloji, Raphaël Barontini, Marie Aimée Fattouche, Sam Gilliam, Porky Hefer, Lubaina Himid, Arthur Jafa, Euridice Zaituna Kala, Samson Kambalu, Moshekwa Langa, Elsa M’Bala, Myriam Mihindou, Wilfried Nakeu, Otobong Nkanga, Josèfa Ntjam, Sara Sadik, Dread Scott and Gerard Sekoto.

View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

(Left) Sam Gilliam and (right) Josefa Ntjam.View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Josefa Ntjam. Simulacre, 2022, print on rice paper, resin, polypores, glass, fiberglass; Is the mix OK for you?, 2022, print on LAMALI rice paper, resin, dye, dried flowers, rice husks; Négritudes, 2022, print on LAMALI paper, resin, flower petals, rice husks. Courtesy of the artist and NICOLETTI Contemporary Gallery, London. © ADAGP, Paris 2022. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Sammy Baloji, Hans Himmelheber, Portrait of his shadow, DR Congo, Kingulu, June 18, 1938, scan of a Chalcopyrite from Kipushi mine, and your reflection in the mirror; Hans Himmelheber, Performance of a mbuya mask with leaves and raffia costume, DR Congo, Pende region, 1939, scan of a Dioptase from Tantara mine, and your reflection in the mirror; Hans Himmelheber, Man with mask, DR Congo, Basaka-Mpasu, 10.4.1939, scan of a Dioptase from Tantara mine, and your reflection in the mirror; Hans Himmelheber, Figure on the roof of Himmelheber’s car, DR Congo, Luluwa region, 1939, scan of a Dioptase from Tantara mine. And your reflection in the mirror; Hans Himmelheber, Masked figure with beak and crown of feathers, munyinga, DR Congo, Byombo region, May 20-22 1939, scan of a Chalcopyrite from Kipushi mine, and your reflection in the mirror; Hans Himmelheber, Himmelheber’s boots and tipoye bearer, DR Congo, Lele region, January 1939, scan of a Dioptase from Tantara mine, and your reflection in the mirror, 2020, UV print on 4mm mirror. Courtesy Galerie Imane Farès, Paris. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Otobong Nkanga, Kolanut tales – Dismembered, 2016, woven/spun textile, polyester, organic cotton, linen, acrylic. Coutesy Otobong Nkanga & Galerie In Situ-fabienne leclerc, Grand Paris. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

In the foreground, from left to right: Marie Aimée Fattouche, El etnen [Les deux], 2022, earthenware, zinc, brass, threaded roots, bolts, rivets, Collection of the artist; In the background, on the wall: Euridice Zaituna Kala, Model I, 2020, glass. Collection of the artist. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Marie Aimée Fattouche, El etnen [Les deux], 2022, earthenware, zinc, brass, threaded rods, bolts, rivets. Collection of the artist. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Samson Kambalu, A Game of War: Kambalu v Sanguinetti Trial at Ostend, 2021, video installation. Courtesy Kate MacGarry Gallery, London; Samson Kambalu, Sanguinetti Theses, 2015, Courtesy Galerie Kate MacGarry, Londres. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Samson Kambalu, A Game of War: Kambalu v Sanguinetti Trial at Ostend, 2021, video installation. Courtesy Kate MacGarry Gallery, London. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Dread Scott, What is the Proper Way to Display a US Flag?, 1988, installation with silver print, US flag, book(s), pen, shelf, active participation. Collection of the artist. © Dread Scott. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Moshekwa Langa, Drag paintings, 2016, clay on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Lubaina Himid, There Could Be an Endless Ocean, 2018, acrylic on paper; We Were Always Saying Goodbye, 2018, acrylic on paper; How Do You Spell Change?, 2018, acrylic on paper. Courtesy Hollybush Garden Gallery, London. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Mo Laudi, Rest-itution (Renaming a collection). Who owns the past owns the future, 2022, ephemeral installation, figure of the 19^thcentury Beninese hunter (kingdom of Dahomey) belonging to the MAMC+ collection, ceramic, sound. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+

Arthur Jafa, Untitled, 2022. Video. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York. View of the exhibition Globalisto. A Philosophy in Flux at the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, from June 25^th to October 16^th, 2022. Crédit photo : C. Cauvet / MAMC+