Does iran truly want peace. The countries of homes out of their towns to isolate. Iran from theocracy to the core. On g. W. Welcome to a special edition of arts twenty one. Artists from africa are setting the agenda for a continent on the move this is important for africa to. Use africa through music through a new generation of africans were more interested in the future of this gun lobby is. Nigeria was only. The first leg of our african journey takes us by bus from lagos in nigeria to the car in senegal its
the alter local youngsters about Art By John From Sydney and specializes in whats made with electric paint it gives up signals when its touch. I have no idea where we are right now but thats not important you just have to set up an environment where you can be creative ive always dreamt of working with african artists in africa and what gives me a unique opportunity to get to know my own continent. In ghana the bus passengers mingle with local artists and meet verbena. In a transgender performance he transcends boundaries as a veiled woman documenting the process all the while i deal with the bodies and deal with that Integration Dorsets where migration aswell. Just but its troubling for white culture its all about country and also crossing. The species from the front before but im going to go through a very strong idea of the baskets increasingly cantankerous much of the day is
spent with repairs including a whole new engine on top of that Crossing Borders in west africa involves waiting on an Epic Scale No baksheesh no entry artistry at both turns the experience into an emotional performance. Everyone gets what he wants from you. Because you want to go. In there were not allowed to go on until you give them something. Whatever you have is what you have to give you cannot give what you dont. So you give you give you give. You have nothing to give anymore sort of to yourself. Its really old weeks and many adversities later they reach the car where the artists take up residence with a german painter here they can turn the impressions they collected on their journey into work or not. For the culture instable. Here in. A flying tribute to the heroes of the resistance against the german colonial rulers but within a call my own memory our Battle Mysteries so its very important that of course this Isnt Multiplied and that were all able to give our own stories. To juvie tells one of the stories of Female Phoenix and of the concrete of the twenty eight team doctor but we wanted to tackle the wall africa rising with story of the call to ride it as africans who have to choose in which. Emoji material most employees neon mirrors and Surveillance Cameras to shift viewers into the focus to digitally monitored and at the same time reveal it to speak mean artist personifies the new Powers African Art is taking up a new Technology Wise on the continent is a leap frog a lot of growth of the art of the show here a branch or a new generation of africans who are more interested on the future in the past and
i guess the altar of a percussionist is freedom to be oneself within an african context without having to demonstrate the forms of her to duck up venue so all over the city one of the off locations is a city called Gucci Institute The Artist bus is given a resoundingly welcome and i feel that it was africa highly concentrated into three or four weeks they were everywhere with been over thousands of kilometers with left the mark of our art something was left everywhere. In the company all dollars travel photos have been turned into silk screen collages. Readd bio has set up his. Installation in the box. By john performs on interactive canvases. Glimpses into a Treasure Trove of experiences with the most. And all the obstacles that came on the way. Topics Booming Lagos; Art on the road; Fatoumata Diawara; Africa in Germany; Art vs. Colonialism
several african and European Countries so she finds the time afro german a bit limited. Our budget is at the front there are people who call themselves after a pianist and that place is europe and africa at a level that i see is far more correct then there are after opponents and thats thats a concept that designates people of the African Diaspora who feel at home in the various major cities of the world it means people who are at home in new york or in lagos and that reflects a certain reality this she gets on a day at. The festival itself is a reflection of that reality. Or a comes from ivory coast twenty years ago she fled to marsay to escape the civil war in her country she want to grammy in Two Thousand And Nine and has been in demand internationally ever since. Her performance can be described as african
tradition meets urban cool. Her daughter is with her on this tour for her theres no question about combining kids and a career. To get here up the African Women carry this image of the Pole Fals Warrior inside them up again its all business strong women its all for that they do many things at once they welcome raise their children at the same time. But not just African Women all women of european women have this strength as. Well i want to show the strength that women have. Aside from the shows a new zick contacts are also important. That. Afro german presenter beric reflects on her experiences. The question of her own roots long preoccupied her. Daughter on time was with
wants to carry on mollys rich Musical Heritage her songs are smooth blend of folk a modern sounds and theyre taking the music world by storm theyre also political I Couldnt You Release Centro now for me i have a something to say. I have a something. When i say. They were present africa a new generation i was presenting african movie. I represent are going to child. That be tearing me deals with migrating and losing a home and losing loved ones a fate suffered by many africans. Then being. Thought to herself left mali as a young woman to escape an arranged marriage the movie molly blues follows her
judie back its a touching documentary showing how music can lend a voice to freedom. In her home village to broke a taboo by singing about female genital mutilation. To. Me im trying to to to fight the for the Positive Side to change the montel u. T. Of my generation because every single generation needs to somebody to any song to take a part of things we have to to be able to talk about a lost tourist. Molly is wracked by social tensions corruption and terrorism but that often obscures its deep rooted cultural traditions. People dont know who knows africa is
only. The Nikkei Art Gallery houses thousands of works its a Treasury Of Contemporary Nigerian Art Madame Nikkei as the founder is known is a Landmark Of The Lagos Art Scene she opened her first gallery fifty years ago. So when they get it. Is going to be hard because this is the biggest. In the whole fifty four. Legos is the city of both tremendous promise and extreme wealth and poverty exist side by side the city of Twenty Million is growing faster than any other urban center in africa its plagued with corruption and mismanagement but blessed with Entrepreneurial Spirit and
creativity those contrasts are mirrored in its art same. Page you are the two ses works featured at the first nigerian pavilion at the venice be an alley she openly addresses social issues such as child marriage. Here her figures are covered with Pain Relief Pills so this this work is called the. Unconscious struggle i need. The narrative or the. Child bride. I know how certain cultures think. Its ok so sometimes i wonder when no one is looking no one is near them and they have to check themselves will be be inflected their actions or introspective about what they do i always wonder what they. Think. So its true grown men need to
topics Booming Lagos; Art on the road; Fatoumata Diawara; Africa in Germany; Art vs. Colonialism
town away from the noise and exploding rance in central asia. So much so here they love the kills off of the city is so inspiring yes fine but what you can get inspired by to kill the boy where you come to your studio in some way that is you know kind of very down for you to actually do the production of your walk. The unplanned growth of cities is one of his central themes. I was amazed by. The concentrated in the city i was same time the way. This you know probably you know you know its so amazing so that is where this summer its all about to actually know the way cities are not properly planned in nigeria and the kind of kind of the main kind of the one that we have that is more like. Right. The Uncontrolled Development and chaos of the city also inspire sam abell Han The Painter is known for his celebration of colors with broad brush strokes the fragments his motifs to create fascinating picture puzzles. Where i started the even i tried to at the same time make people feel. Happy looking at somebody once told me that my paintings. Able to see. Theyre nice things involving us youre looking at very. Optimism and productivity not frustration and stagnation that seems to be the model of many contemporary artists in lagos their work is attracting more and more interest on the domestic art market. I started getting into it when
i study. And look in on reading about things or not least doing while you were in the country growing up we didnt see too much of this but i dont want to comment on sundays you coming out and if you see very young people and you think that your poor man durance problems are christian what do you want to buy just for appreciate the expression of this from appreciating the works that to start by and. Does lagos have the potential to become africas hottest art hub the growing demand in the nikkei our gallery suggests that it. Is. Now to the german city of frankfurt to an exhibition by William Country Edge that cuts to the chase and encounter with the celebrated south african
artist. Time doesnt heal all wounds no one knows that better than wm chen tridge his work grapples with topics like the scars of colonialism and apartheid peoples vain attempt to evade defeat and time. The refusal of time with his installation of the documentary and twenty twelve now its at the heart of his show in frankfurt sleepy house museum and placed right in the midst of classical european sculpture. And surf off of three lives and works in the south africa and my work is very much shape. By the particular conditions in which it is made a condition of johannesburg as a very young city and how it works about being not in the arts center not in new york and not in berlin and not in london but being six thousand miles away with the question of europes relationship to its colonial legacy is very present every day. And one of the things about showing the work i suppose like this in europe is to bring those questions into this country. To see the Nineteen Eighties reem temperatures work has dealt with the trauma of apartheid. It started with his early animated charcoal drawing early on he realized the system that gave him so many privileges was deeply flawed one decisive influence was his parents Human Rights Lawyer in his early theater what can trigger tack to the apartheid system. And told me. Not so good that by look at that none of us does nobody. Man theyre going. To bomb one job and then no bomb bomb aadhaar. He also went on to stage a prince such as iran bags watching which addressed the coming oneill conflict during the first world war. Optimistic to think of art changing the world or
to think that it sets the agenda for political discussions occasionally at that but much more important to the artworks by making connections both between people to people look at the same work and suddenly understand the existence of other people by the common viewing of the view of the piece of art as a social activity that is not only you who seem to have but other people are also seeing and by the confirmation. It gives to us of who we are. Can tricias family had fled anti semitic programs in europe and she felt the in congruity of growing up as a privileged white in south africa. The christian effects of European Colonialism and also with the aim in the miniature black box on display in the lead big house he addresses the first genocide of the Twentieth Century the massacre of the herrero people by the germans in one thousand know for at that time the. Fun leave
the family who lived here may have sat in their parlor and read about it in the news paper. Have been both the. The most admirable and strongest human traits that have gone together with and being committed to not the same but in the questions of Everest Of Greed of. Acquisition. Kindred says drawing is equivalent to thinking for him many of his works are born as Charcoal Drawings even his films which he embarks on without Storyboards No Wonder then that a coffee pot follows in the footsteps Of French Animation Pioneers Josh Mill years later the movie and he himself appears as Trotsky In Ocean To Mental Machine and installation first shown in istanbul in. One team a chief in the work is the megaphone signifying the power of propaganda its all
the more relevant at a time when william can treat views europe with great concern and. Need. Income different you say from outside of you that europe as a totality has become the fortress where you have a sense for hundreds of years europe made with wealth from the colonies and now its suddenly decides to close all the gates weve got the money and theyre not with anybody else try to get in me anything back and people think its an act of generosity to allow some few migrants into the country rather than understanding its a simple act of justice. We encounter it reminds europe that what it might consider foreign is actually an important part of its own history. Thats it for this edition of the arts twenty one. Celebrating the art and artists
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passionate about people and aspirations and theyre going to. Come to finishing the book is Fried Chicken but in hock to the form of the bun in one and i remember thinking at the time if the barley in bulk and for what you get happens if people come together and unite for a pool. When i do the news i often confronted difficult situations for conflicts between design still i see despite my job to confront doesnt lead us on policies and development to put the spotlight on issues that matter most hunger Food Security oppression marginalized. A notch has been achieved so much more needs to be john and i think people have to be at the heart of solutions my name is on the touch and i wanted to delve a little. This
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