We, C’est Moi is a fine art exhibition featuring ten contemporary African artists from Francophone countries. Their works in painting, sculpture, photography and video all share the common idea of “Ubuntu,” an African philosophy emphasizing the pursuit of the individual’s discovery of self within the community. “The belief that a person can only discover himself or herself through other people,” is very present in African society, where people often identify themselves by the places they live in, the people they are connected to, and the work they engage. Today, this sense of community is often overshadowed by individual concerns and one fails to realize the essential role the collective plays in the construction of the self. The "we" is essential in building the individual, the "me." Self-discovery can only be fully achieved by considering the collectivity around us. With the exhibition We, C’est Moi we aim to offer a novel perspective on contemporary African art by asking the artists to explore the individual in relation to the collective, the fragments in relation to the whole.
Artists including, Nù Barreto, Benjamin Brou Kouadio, Mamadou Cissé, Saïdou Dicko, Ndoye Douts, Hyacinthe Ouattara, Rémy Samuz, Balyc Shako, Noufou Sissao and Dominique Zinkpé are based in France and come from Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast and Benin. We, C’est Moi will take place in two locations in Paris, from the 18th of May until the 5th of June the show will be at PSB Paris School of Business, and from the 18th of June until the 11th of July it will be hosted by Galerie Goldenberg.
The exhibition is organized by seven international students of the MBA in Arts and Cultural Management at Paris School of Business and IESA: Albina Iarullina (Russia), Alysa Baer (USA), Caroline Rungger (Italy), Frances Chang (Canada/Taiwan), Rickovia Leung (Hong Kong) and Virginia Cimino (Italy), who could count on the precious help of Laura Le Corre from ARKaval and Jeanine Brami from PSB Paris School of Business.
Practical information
PSB Paris School of Business, 59 Rue Nationale 75013 Paris
Vernissage: 18th of May 2015 at 17:30
Dates of the exhibition: 18th of May - 5th of June 2015 Opening hours: Monday-Friday from 07:30 to 18:30
Galerie Goldenberg, 140 Bld Hausmann, 75000 Paris
Vernissage: 23th of June 2015 at 17:30
Dates of the exhibition: 18th of June -11th of July 2015 Opening hours: Monday-Saturday from 11:00 to 19:00 - Free entrance
ARKavalConseil 13 rue de l’Abbé Grégoire 75006 PARIS/ 06 33 80 82 18 - SIRET323715664000 APE: 323A
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