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9/2/2005

Africa Remix

Hayward Gallery, London

Africa Remix : Contemporary Art of a Continent is the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever seen in Europe. Featuring more than 60 artists, the show includes painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, film and video, many created within the last five years. Artists from 25 countries across the continent, from Algeria to Zimbabwe, are represented, as well as African artists now living in Europe and North America. The show includes new work by the outstanding South African photographer David Goldblatt; a spectacular eight metres high 'cloth of gold' made from thousands of bottle tops by Ghanaian El Anatsui; and an assemblage made from found materials by the Nigerian Dilomprizulike, known in Lagos as 'the junk man of Africa'.

The exhibition is an international collaboration between four major galleries: Museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf, where it opened in July this year; the Hayward Gallery; the Centre Pompidou, Paris, where it will travel after London; and the Mori Museum Tokyo. Simon Njami (writer and founder-editor of the Paris-based journal, Revue Noire), leading the curatorial team, has travelled extensively throughout Africa over the past decade. The selection brings together internationally renowned artists and an emerging generation of artists whose work will be shown in Britain for the first time.

Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent is arranged around three broad themes. City and Land explores the contrasting experiences of urban and rural life and the distinctive dynamism of African cities. This section of the show includes new work by the outstanding South African photographer David Goldblatt; a spectacular eight metres high 'cloth of gold' made from thousands of bottle tops by Ghanaian El Anatsui; and an assemblage made from found materials by the Nigerian Dilomprizulike, known in Lagos as 'the junk man of Africa'.

History and Identity focuses on matters of power and authority, modernity, and tradition and collective identities. It includes the Central African photographer Samuel Fosso, who has been representing himself in multiple guises since the 1970s; an installation by this year's Turner prize nominee, London-based Nigerian Yinka Shonibare; and South African Jane Alexander, whose haunting sculptural tableau, African Adventure, mixing human and animal forms, was originally conceived for the British Officers' Mess in Cape Town.

Body and Soul addresses issues of individual identity, religion, spirituality and emotion, sexuality, the body, the portrait, and the gaze. The New York-based Egyptian artist Ghada Amer creates delicate, transgressive imagery from cotton threads; Kenyan Wangechi Mutu, also living in New York, has recently risen to prominence with her fantastical mixed media collages. Egyptian artists Abd El Ghany Kenawy and Amal Kenawy have produced a poignant atmospheric video installation on the depths of hope and memory.

Also at the Hayward Gallery, a commissioned selection of 60 tracks of current African sounds, from Algerian hip-hop to traditional Malian kora music, produced by the world music broadcaster Lucy Duran with Theodoros Konkouris and DJ Dudu Sarr, that will be playing on a juke box. Visitors will be able to listen and relax in a specially designed lounge area in the Hayward's pavilion, decorated with vibrant African furniture created by Malian Cheik Diallo.

Also as part of the Africa Remix festival, a major programme of music, literature and performance is also taking place at the South Bank Centre across the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room, including free events on the Ballroom. Confirmed artists so far include Dizzee Rascal, MC Solaar and Ty, Baaba Maal, Koffi Olumide, King Sunny Ade, Helon Habila and Teofile Chantre. More information regarding the Africa Remix performing arts programme will be available soon.

Africa Remix: Contemporary Culture of a Continent

Africa Remix is a South Bank Centre-wide season of cultural events commencing from February 2005 featuring artists, musicians and performers, bringing the South Bank to life in
a dynamic celebration of contemporary African creativity.

For more information on performances and events go to http://www.africaremix.org.uk

IN THE GALLERIES - CLOSE- UP ON CONTEMPORARY AFRICA

Sat 19 February, 2.30pm - Professor Annie E. Coombes, Birkbeck College, University of London. Author, critic and curator.

Sat 05 March, 2.30pm - Zineb Sedira, mixed-media artist

Tue 22 March, 6.30pm - Elsbeth Court, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, University of London

Sat 02 April, 2.30pm - Shaheera Asante, presenter, Late Junction and Africa on your street, BBC Radio 3

Tue 12 April, 6.30pm - David A Bailey, curator, photographer and writer

All tours free with exhibition entrance fee.

PUPPET PANDEMONIUM
Sat 19 February & Tue 5 April at the Hayward Gallery
On both days workshop 11am - 12.30pm and performance 1.30 - 2pm
DIY puppet sessions for families, followed by live performance and storytelling in the galleries
Booking Essential : 0870 169 1000

SALON AFRIQUE LIVE!
Mon 7 Mar – Mon 11 Apr, 10am – 10pm, RFH Ballroom
For Africa Remix, the Ballroom is transformed into a vibrant and colourful lounge-style venue, with a contemporary African feel. Designed by Hassan Hajjaj, the Salon will reveal a range of artistic responses resulting from various education projects, and play host to a programme of FREE public events and performances including:

Sat 19 Mar, 1.30pm onwards, RFH Ballroom
Get inspired to reinvent your Kaba or your garbage in this showcase for up and coming designers, in a youth-focused fashion show and VJ workshops. Sat 9 Apr,12.30pm onwards,RFH Ballroom Musicians, film-makers, writers and poets talk about contemporary Africa with impromptu performances, followed by a musical grand finale.

Image: Samuel Fosso, (Zentral-Afrika) Le Chef, 2003. Courtesy the artist Centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris

Hayward Gallery, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, UK
Opening Hours. During exhibitions the Gallery is open daily 10am – 6pm - Late nights Tuesday and Wednesday until 8pm and Fridays until 9pm. Closed 1 January, 24-26 December.

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