
The exhibition AFRICA is the third and last in the series architecture, culture and identity. It focuses on the area called sub-Saharan Africa – the part of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Louisiana’s wish to mount this exhibition has its origin in a very simple observation: despite the fact that Africa is the world’s second-largest continent, surprisingly little contemporary culture from there comes our way.
The continent is more or less trapped in erroneous notions; for example that it is a country (not a continent with many countries). And unless one has actually travelled around and experienced the continent with one’s own eyes, it is the stereotyped narratives of abysmal poverty, drought, famine, genocide, military coups, ebola, AIDS and misdirected foreign aid that dominate the picture. It is therefore Louisiana’s aim with this exhibition to shed light, by pinpointing a number of judiciously selected examples from a cultural here and now, on the complexity of the great continent and to help open the eyes of the public to a more varied view of the development and future prospects of this part of the world.
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AFRICAWebsite
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June 25, 2015 11:00 AMUntil
October 25, 2015 10:00 PMVenue
Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtAddress
Gammel Strandvej 13, 3050 Hellerup, Denmark
