Art as refuge
A glance at the 4th Lagos Biennial
The 2024 edition of the Lagos Biennial takes place in the heart of Lagos on the grounds of Tafawa Balewa Square, a site named in honour of the first Nigerian Prime Minister. The Biennial occupies this historical space, linked to entertainment in the colonial period as a racecourse and to political, cultural and commercial events after Independence, in order to reflect on its possible meanings in relation to political allegiance, territory, sovereignty, regionality, notions of belonging, encounter, and alliance. It moves the cursor away from a history of ‘universal’ exhibitions and biennials towards experiments in non-conventional modes of exhibition making, shifting from the idea of the work as an end in itself towards generative models and prototypes that continue to activate possibilities in the world.
re-(t)exHile http://antolloveras.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-pavilion-to-be-showcased-at-4th-art.html ++ http://antolloveras.blogspot.com/2024/01/lagos-biennial-2024-3-to-10-february.html Research trip http://antolloveras.blogspot.com/2022/09/lagos-nigeria-september-2022-biennial.html + http://antolloveras.blogspot.com/2023/09/iv-bienal-de-arte-y-arquitectura-lagos.html REFUGE 2024 https://lagos-biennial.org
Martinka Bobrikova
Óscar De Carmen
Adebola Badmus
María Alejandra Gatti
Anto Lloveras
CURATED BY
FOLAKUNLE OSHUN AND KATHRYN WEIR
PHOTOS BY MIDE KING
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