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| Baudouin Mouanda EXHIBITION PREVIEW: FRIDAY 29 JULY, 6.30 - 9PM |
| Gasworks presents the first solo exhibition in the UK by award-winning Congolese photographer Baudouin Mouanda. Focusing on the subcultures of urban Congo, Mouanda's work addresses how international forms of culture and their market-led dissemination impact upon the constitution of a local culture. His images offer an insight into the shifting aspirations of young people in modern day Congo, looking at their manners of self-expression and documenting acts of determination or resistance in the face of common adversities. La Sapologie (2008), the main body of work in the exhibition, looks at the lives of Sapeurs. Having emerged in African and diasporic communities over the past 25 years, Sapeurs are often read as a post-colonial, globalised take on the Parisian dandies of the late 18th and early 19th Century. Mostly young men, they parade about in extravagant designer clothes, carving out ostentatious identities through style, gestures and slang. These images are shown alongside the series Délestage (2010) and Sur le trotoir du savoir (2011), which look at strategies for dealing with a collapsing energy infrastructure, and Hip Hop et société (2009) that captures the politically outspoken Hip Hop scenes of Libreville and Brazzaville. The exhibition also includes recent studies of youth culture in the UK produced during Mouanda’s residencies at Gasworks and Deveron Arts in Huntly, North East Scotland. The exhibition continues until 18 September 2011. |
| RELATED EVENTS |
| FRIDAY 24 AUGUST, 7PM SLAM LAST FRIDAYS: EXHIBITION TOUR An informal tour introduces Baudouin Mouanda's solo exhibition, offering an insight into the themes that run through his photographic work. The gallery stays open until 9pm. |
| SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER, 2-4PM TALK: JENNIFER BAJOREK ON BAUDOUIN MOUANDA Jennifer Bajorek, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, discusses Baudouin Mouanda’s exhibition at Gasworks. She looks at the value of collectivity and peer-led networking to young West African photographers of his generation and the ways in which lens-based practices provide a useful insight into the development of a continent. |
| LAST FRIDAYS IN SOUTH LONDON |
| The exhibition preview at Gasworks is part of South London Art Map Last Fridays - a late night opening of over 90 galleries in South London on the last Friday of every month. Visit South London Art Map to see what else is on and to print your itinerary. |
| STUDIO VOLTAIRE: OPEN HOUSE EVENT FRIDAY 6 – 9pm & SATURDAY 12 – 6pm The artists at Studio Voltaire open their workspaces to the public, bringing a unique opportunity to view the diverse range of artworks that are produced within the 30 studios onsite. The event includes artist talks, screenings and drop-in family events. |
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