Exhibition Africa Now

The exhibition aims to provide a glimpse into the richness and enormous diversity of contemporary African art with the presentation of recent works by 10 artists, representing 4 generations. This is of course only a glimpse of the broad appearance of contemporary African art, but we are particularly proud of the quality and versatility of the work brought to the Netherlands for this exhibition. For example, the well-known color specialist Sam Ovraiti (Nigeria) shows acrylic paintings that seem to be a mix between Picasso and the coloring and lighting of the French Impressionists. Librist Eddy Masumbuku (DR Congo) combines mysterious abstract iconic heads in flowing layers of gray hues on bright areas of color. Sébastien Boko (Benin) creates lyrical semi-figurative sculptures with a surrealist twist in wood and metal. Kingsley Ogwara (Luxembourg / Nigeria) composes abstract colorful compositions of format with a lot of texture, which seem to take the shape of crowds. Patrick Musombwa (France / DRC) shows expressionist abstracts with a figurative hint and a hint of Edvard Munch. Contrast this with Yusuf Seido Okus (Nigeria) with wall sculptures made of aluminum foil and Abdoul Ganiou Dermani (Germany / Togo) with modestly styled pen drawings with coffee on paper Completing emerging talents Barry Nzennaya (Nigeria), Gabriel Jideonwor (Nigeria) and Benigno Mangovo (Angola) the whole with paintings in cubist, abstract figurative expressionist and respectively abstract surrealist style. In short, an eclectic overview that defies any stereotyping of African art.