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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://www.openartexchange.com/event/group-exhibition
 -angola-between-dreams-reality-125">Group exhibition &#34\;Angola: Between
  dreams &amp\; reality</a>\nOpenArtExchange presents group exhibition\, "A
 ngola: Between dreams & reality". We warmly invite you to the opening on S
 aturday\, April 5 at 3 PM at OpenArtExchange\, Hoogstraat 85 Schiedam. The
  exhibition will be on view until May 3\, 2025. At the opening you can enj
 oy the enchanting sounds of African harp (kamale n'goni)\, guitar and Afri
 can percussion performed by Michiel Moerkerk and Silke Blommaert\, in a mi
 x of tranquil\, swinging\, and energetic tunes. Angola: Between dreams & r
 eality The OpenArtExchange 2024/2025 program highlights Africa's artistic 
 diversity through locational exhibitions. Angola\, the fourth stop\, has a
  rich yet turbulent history of colonization\, war\, and resilience. Once a
  center of the transatlantic slave trade\, Angola fought for independence 
 and endured civil war\, authoritarian rule\, and corruption. Despite vast 
 natural wealth\, economic struggles persist due to oil dependency and debt
 . Though underfunded\, the arts sector is gaining recognition. With limite
 d formal education but strong private initiatives\, Angolan artists foster
  an independent\, experimental scene\, redefining heritage and decolonizin
 g cultural identity. Within the Angolan contemporary art scene\, surrealis
 m is one of the dominant styles in which ancient ethnic symbolism goes han
 d in hand with modern city life observations and a free experimentation wi
 th a variety of other styles\, techniques and materials. For the exhibitio
 n “Angola – between dreams and reality” we have selected three surre
 alist painters from different generations\, drawing their inspiration from
  daily life and ethnic roots\, each with their own unique style: Casca (19
 76)\, Sapate Doudou (1982) and Josélyna Pemba (1990). Casca Casca (1976) 
 creates surrealist figurative-abstract masks and Angolan street-life role 
 models in acrylic on canvas\, drawing clear influence from Picasso. His wo
 rk blends cubist elements with [...]
DTSTAMP:20260908T213732Z
LOCATION:OpenArtExchange\, Hoogstraat 85\, 3111HC Schiedam\, Netherlands
SUMMARY:Group exhibition "Angola: Between dreams & reality
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://www.openartexchange.com/event
 /group-exhibition-angola-between-dreams-reality-125">Group exhibition &#34
 \;Angola: Between dreams &amp\; reality</a>\nOpenArtExchange presents grou
 p exhibition\, "Angola: Between dreams & reality". We warmly invite you to
  the opening on Saturday\, April 5 at 3 PM at OpenArtExchange\, Hoogstraat
  85 Schiedam. The exhibition will be on view until May 3\, 2025. At the op
 ening you can enjoy the enchanting sounds of African harp (kamale n'goni)\
 , guitar and African percussion performed by Michiel Moerkerk and Silke Bl
 ommaert\, in a mix of tranquil\, swinging\, and energetic tunes. Angola: B
 etween dreams & reality The OpenArtExchange 2024/2025 program highlights A
 frica's artistic diversity through locational exhibitions. Angola\, the fo
 urth stop\, has a rich yet turbulent history of colonization\, war\, and r
 esilience. Once a center of the transatlantic slave trade\, Angola fought 
 for independence and endured civil war\, authoritarian rule\, and corrupti
 on. Despite vast natural wealth\, economic struggles persist due to oil de
 pendency and debt. Though underfunded\, the arts sector is gaining recogni
 tion. With limited formal education but strong private initiatives\, Angol
 an artists foster an independent\, experimental scene\, redefining heritag
 e and decolonizing cultural identity. Within the Angolan contemporary art 
 scene\, surrealism is one of the dominant styles in which ancient ethnic s
 ymbolism goes hand in hand with modern city life observations and a free e
 xperimentation with a variety of other styles\, techniques and materials. 
 For the exhibition “Angola – between dreams and reality” we have sel
 ected three surrealist painters from different generations\, drawing their
  inspiration from daily life and ethnic roots\, each with their own unique
  style: Casca (1976)\, Sapate Doudou (1982) and Josélyna Pemba (1990). Ca
 sca Casca (1976) creates surrealist figurative-abstract masks and Angolan 
 street-life role models in acrylic on canvas\, drawing clear influence fro
 m Picasso. His work blends cubist elements with [...]
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