Antwerp City Collection

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    De Stadscollectie Antwerpen is a lively tribute to the artists who give colour to the city of Antwerp. From emerging talent to established names, this collection highlights local creativity but also the global influence of Antwerp’s art scene. Welcome!

    Pélagie Gbaguidi

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    © Pélagie Gbaguidi
    Icon in Progress After the Pink, 2015
    Pélagie Gbaguidi
    Painting , 250 x 152 cm
    acrylic on canvas, pigment

    Pélagie Gbaguidi (b. 1965, Dakar, Senegal) calls herself a contemporary griot and uses the various media art proffers her, ranging from paintings, drawings, texts, and installations to performances to fulfil her task. In West Africa, griots are the custodians and recounters of oral history and myths. Griots are also mediators of present and past, connected to the ancestors, nature, and the elements. For the painting Icon in Progress After the Pink Gbaguidi uses parts of her body to apply paint or pigment to the canvas. Her oeuvre forms a new timeline of colonial and post-colonial history with traces of trauma, symbols, associations, and new, composite archetypes.

     

    Pélagie Gbaguidi is represented by gallery Zeno X.

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