 04/21/04 DAK'ART 2004
DAK'ART is the only event of note in the continent to consecrate its selection in particular to living artists in and outside the continent. Twelve years of existence, 6th edition, DAK'ART mission is to fit out and to consolidate a framework of promotion for African artists in the continent. DAK'ART during the last editions, has proved its capacity to keep creativity, to favour exchange and discovery, a necessity for a new position of the artists and their works on the international scene. DAK'ART , the biennial of contemporary african art is placed under the supervision of the Senegalese Ministry of Culture. The General Secretariat is the executer. The Scientific Council proposes guidelines and content and nominates the International Committee of Selection (Sara Diamond, President). DAK'ART 2004 , 33 artists, 5 designers selected who come from 16 African countries, 3 curators, (Yacouba Konate, Ivo Mesquita, Hans Ulrich Obrist), presenting 18 artists from Africa, the Diaspora and the World. DAK'ART 2004, Meetings and Exchanges has a topic "Contemporary African art and globalization : problems, possibilities and prospects". DAK'ART 2004, meetings and questions about digital arts, about urban aesthetics, about cultural places emerging in Africa... DAK'ART 2004, exhibition spots which transform Dakar into the capital of contemporary Art INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION (SELECTED ARTISTS) South Africa: Thando Mama Gregg Smith Mgicineci Sobopha Doreen Southwood Sue Williamson Algeria: Samta Benyahia Zoulikha Bouabdellah Benin: Pelagie Gbaguidi Cameroon: Isaac Essoua dit Malam Achilleka Komguem Congo Brazzaville: Bill Kouelany Gaston Massamba M'Bongo Democratic Republic of Congo: Michele Magema Egypt: Amal El Kenawy & Abd El Ghany El Kenawy Hala Elkoussy Khaled Hafez Maha Maamoun Moataz M. Nasr Ethiopia: Assefa Gebrekidan Elias Sime Ivory Coast: Azieman Louis-Marcel Wanoumi Madagascar: Jeriarimanjato Razafindranaivo Morocco: Asmae Lahkim Bennani Younes Rahmoun Nigeria: Toyin Loye Toyosi Odunsi Senegal: Aicha Aidara Bassirou Dieng dit Diego Fatou Kande Senghor Cheikh Niass Mohamadou N'Doye dit Douts Togo: Sokey Edorh Tunisia: Fatma Charfi SALON FOR DESIGN (SELECTED ARTISTS) Algeria : Mohamed Yahyaoui dit Yamo Cameroon: Jules Bertrand Wokam Mali: Cheick Diallo Madeleine Bombote Togo: Amivi Homawoo CURATED EXHIBITIONS Curator : Yacouba Konate (Ivory Coast) Tapfuma Gutsa (Zimbabwe) Christian Lattie (Ivory Coast) Joseph Francis Sumegne (Cameroon) Curator: Ivo Mesquita (Brasil) Jose Bedia (Cuba) Mario Cravo Neto (Brasil) Odili Donald Odita (Nigeria) Curator: Hans Ulrich Obrist (Switzerland) Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla Trisha Donnelly Yang Fudong Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Carsten Holler Isaac Julien Multiciplicity (agence) Philippe Parreno Rirkrit Tiravanija Anri Sala Anton Vidokle |
