WILLIAM WILSON - AVIS DE PARUTION

A partir du 16 Avril 2009 sera disponible en librairie le livre

"L'Océan Noir" Editions Gallimard.
98 pages, format 30 X 21 cm, couverture cartonnée. 15,90€
ISBN: 9-7-8-2-07-0627239-9

A la fois artistique, pédagogique et historique, cet ouvrage est aussi le catalogue de l'exposition des 18 tentures en tissus appliqués réalisées au Bénin. Sous ces 3 aspects WW raconte l'histoire de la Côte des esclaves du XV siècle à nos jours...

La première exposition en France se tiendra à Saint Malo pendant le Festival "Etonnants Voyageurs" du 30 Mai au 3 juin 2009.
Puis fin 2009, 2010 et 2011 aux USA: à Boston, Lincoln, Los Angeles, Atlanta etc... aux Antilles à Saint Domingue, au Brésil à San Paolo.

Galerie Lawson 16 rue des Carmes 75006. du 28 avril au 23 mai

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: The Knowledge of the World

February 20 – March 28, 2009
The drawings of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (b. 1923, Ivory Coast) lie somewhere between the mystical griot traditions of Africa and the diaristic, self-reflective, and archival traditions of the Western world. From 1958 onward, Bouabré kept journals and created drawings that helped him organize the relationships between the spiritual, physical, and linguistic worlds he experienced. In the 1970s, he began to produce postcard-sized drawings on cardboard with ball point pen and colored pencils, entitled The Knowledge of the World, which explored an encyclopedic variety of themes including mathematics, African history, linguistics, advertising, sex, religion, and world politics. This exhibition will present over 200 works on paper never before seen in the U.S. Co-curated by Brett Littman and André Magnin.

Above: Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, From the series “Signes relevés sur noix de cola,” 2007. Colored pencil and ballpoint pen on cardboard, 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. Courtesy C.A.A.C. The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva.

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