Addis Fine Art is pleased to annouce Girma Berta's participation in the Pan-African exhibition at the 11th Edition of Rencontres de Bamako, Biennale Africaine de la Photographie. Curated by Marie-Ann Yemsi, the exhibition in the National Museum of Mali will feature 40 projects by artists and artists’ collectives, including Moving Shadows Series by Girma Berta.
The selected artists – as witness bearers and agents for change for Africa – have been invited to examine the transformations of the modern world and possible new developments for the continent. By means of the various projects chosen, this collective exhibition showcases the scope of possibilities and unprecedented freedom of the artists in depicting the world for us. The project is similar to what Achille Mbembe has called “the memory’s poetic output”: a work of reassembly in the present, producing meaning. Through their great diversity of approaches and visual languages, the 40 artists and collectives generate alternative narratives about Africa that build new bonds with the past, shed light on the present and open up perspectives for the future. After Bamako, the 11th Rencontres will be shown in the Netherlands in April 2018 in partnership with the Museum of World Cultures.
National Museum of Mali
Bamako, Mali
Curator: Marie-Ann Yemsi
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 2, 2017
Professional Days: December 2–5, 2017