OUT OF AFRICA GALLERY – SITGES (BARCELONA) Press Release Artists:
Sébastien BOUCHARD (France/Senegal - painting) & Siaka Soppo TRAORÉ (Burkina Faso/Senegal - photography)
Title:
ACTUAL AFRICA
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Saturday 11th February at 8pm, meet the artists, «Jazz» and cava cocktail 11/2 – 2/4/2017 Out of Africa Gallery, C/ Major, 7, 08870 Sitges (Barcelona), Spain Sorella Acosta, Director – sorella@galeria-out-of-africa.com - +34 618 356 351 www.galeria-out-of-africa.com Out of Africa Gallery @OutofAfrica_Art @outofafricagallery GGAC (Guild of Art Galleries of Catalonia)
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It's happening in Dakar, the culture capital of Africa With fashion shows, art exhibitions, concerts, literary cafés, conferences and artist residencies, the Senegalese capital vibrates and dazzles throughout the year In the sphere of photography, by means of exhibitions and gatherings, the talented young compete in creativity and audacity. This young generation compares its methods and techniques against the works of their elders. They produce a daily, realistic chronicle of a dynamic Senegal, while avoiding clichés. Painters and sculptors are equally engaged. In the “Village des Arts”, in the many art galleries of the capital Dakar, in the Théodore Monod Museum and other art institutions of Senegal, exhibitions and gatherings are plentiful. The development of artist residencies and the numerous collaborations in this field are evidence of the vivacity of its participants and their entrepreneurial spirit. In 2013, sculptor Ousmane Sow was welcomed into the very exclusive circle of immortals: he was the first African to enter the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. This entrepreneurship gives rise to collaborations in contemporary art. The will to share, exchange and find common ground are the focus of this new configuration that supports the development of new poles and new players promoting intercultural activities. It is in this atmosphere of artistic energy that Out of Africa gallery has chosen two artists to exhibit their work, a photographer from Burkina Faso and a Franco-Senegalese painter, giving proof of a contemporary, urban, present-day Africa, rich in artistic creativity.