Exhibition

Georges Adéagbo: La lumière qui fait le bonheur…

KINDL, Berlin, Germany
28 Mar 2021 - 25 Jul 2021

Georges Adéagbo. La lumière qui fait le bonheur… Installation view Maschinenhaus M2, KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin © Georges Adéagbo / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2021. Foto: Jens Ziehe, 2021© Georges Adéagbo / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2021 
Foto: Jens Ziehe, 2021

Georges Adéagbo. La lumière qui fait le bonheur… Installation view Maschinenhaus M2, KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin © Georges Adéagbo / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2021. Foto: Jens Ziehe, 2021© Georges Adéagbo / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2021  Foto: Jens Ziehe, 2021

The assemblages by the Beninese artist Georges Adéagbo (* 1942 in Cotonou) follow the life courses and fates of people using the traces they leave behind: objects and documents attest to encounters and individual decisions. By having craftsmen in Benin produce pictures and sculptures based on photos and printed items collected on his travels, the artist opens up new perspectives on the seemingly familiar.

For his exhibition at the KINDL, Adéagbo is developing an installation that will occupy the entire exhibition space, drawing on elements from central works such as Tout de moi à tous (2007) and from Un espace avec le monde (2007) and updating them with found objects from Neukölln and the KINDL archives.

The exhibition is curated by Kathrin Becker.

At Maschinenhaus M2.

As part of the exhibition Georges Adéagbo will talk to Prof. Dr. Bénédicte Savoy on 26 May 2021, 7 pm
Live-Stream to discuss the migration of objects, among other topics (in French). 

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