OUT OF AFRICA

FORGET THE TIRED OLD STEREOTYPES ATTACHED TO AFRICA, WRITES MELISSA TWIGG. THE CONTINENT’S ARTISTS HAVE LONG ENGAGED IN A SOPHISTICATED VISUAL DIALOGUE THAT IS FINALLY RECEIVING THE INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION IT RICHLY DESERVES

“THIS SUDDEN INTEREST IN AFRICA IS CONNECTED TO THE DYNAMICS OF THE ART WORLD AND THE HUNGER TO FIND THE NEXT BIG THING. IT WAS ASIA, NOW IT’S AFRICA—IT ALL FALLS UNDER THE QUEST FOR SOMETHING NEW” “THERE’S A SCRAMBLE FOR Africa happening right now. The contemporary art market is going crazy for us and the thing is, I can’t decide if it’s the answer to all our prayers or if it’s almost distasteful,” says Jonathan Garnham, founder of Blank Projects, a collective and gallery space in Cape Town for southern Africa’s emerging artists. It all happened so quickly. When asked about African art five years ago, people could possibly name Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui, and then they just pictured a jumble of masks and wooden statues. Certainly nothing worth boarding a…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2016

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