Meschac Gaba: Museum of Contemporary African Art by Rein Wolfs, Macha Roesink & Bianca Visser
PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MESCHAC GABA ON THE FIRST PAGE THUS: "Mes Amitiés pour Robin GAYLE Meschac Gaba"; 1st ed published in 2010 by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, Germany with the text in English, German & Spanish, Foreword by Rein Wolfs, Macha Roesink and Federico Castro Morales and Contributions from Simon Njami, & Marco Scotini, 160pp., text generally in decent order albeit with glue showing through between pages 2 & 3 and 158/9 (a fairly common manufacturing flaw with certain publishers), some edge wear to covers/corners/top & bottom of spine, both front & rear have many marks & scratches.
Beninese artist Meschac Gaba (born 1961) explores the intersection of African culture and the western conception of the museum through his installations and performances. In 1997, he began presenting "independent rooms" from his invented, nomadic Museum of Contemporary African Art. A comment on the lack of comparable institutions in his native Africa, the Museum reached completion in 2002. Meschac Gaba (born 1961) is a Beninese conceptual artist based in Rotterdam and Cotonou. His installations of everyday objects whimsically juxtapose African and Western cultural identities and commerce. He is best known for The Museum of Contemporary African Art 1997–2002, an autobiographical 12-room installation acquired and displayed by the Tate Modern in 2013.
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