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Meshac Gaba

Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassell, Germany

Over the past 20 years, through various bodies of work, Beninese artist Meshac Gaba has attempted to reframe contemporary African artistic identity, asking us to shed our preconceived ideas and re-imagine the African continent with a more valid contemporary image. In Kassel, he focused on the 12 installations that constitute…

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