The 12th edition of Dakar’s Biennale for Contemporary Art, Dak’Art, “The City in the Blue (La Cité dans le jour bleu)“ opened on Tuesday May 3, 2016.
Dak'Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
The 12th edition of the Dak’Art “The City in the Blue (La Cité dans le jour bleu)“ is curated by Simon Njami
Folakunle Oshun, United Nations of Jollof, 2015. Aluminium and sand. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
Lavar Munroe, A hero’s journey to a distant land, his brush with death, his saying of a monster, his erotic encounter, and his succession of his father, 2013. Sculpture, mixed media. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
Youssef Limoud, Maqam, 2016. Mixed media installation. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
Mimi Cherono N’gok, Untitled, 2016. Photography. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
François-Xavier Gbré, I am African, 2016. Mixed media installation. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
Poku Cheremeh, Mysterium, 2015. Photography, Performance. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
Victor Ehikhamenor, The Prayer Room, 2016. Mixed media installation. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
Kader Attia, the Endless Rhizomes of Revolution, 2016. Mixed media installation. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
Fabrice Monteiro, (P)residant, This is not a Phoenix, 2016. Mixed media installation. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
Bili Bidjocka, Last Supper: “Do not take it, do not eat it, this is not my body…”, 2016. 13 public performances and installations which take place in different events and cities around the world. Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
Dak’Art 2016 international exhibition, Installation view, Palais de Justice © C&
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![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-320x200.png)
![(clockwise) Manyaku Mashilo, Passage to Prayer (detail), 2023. Credit: Hayden Phipps & Southern Guild Archives. Courtesy of the artist; Tatenda Chidora, Self isolation II, 2021. Ilford Gold fibre Pearl 290gsm, 102cm x 132cm. Courtesy of the artist; Anaïs Cheleux, Mas Maten, Guadeloupe, shot on digital camera, 2016. Courtesy of the artist; Glicéria Tupinambá, Manto tupinambá [Tupinambá Mantle], 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Foto: Glicéria Tupinambá; Elizabeth Catlett, African American, 2009, MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST, © Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, photo: Axel Schneider.](https://contemporaryand.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bildschirmfoto-2024-12-19-um-21.08.13-480x300.png)
