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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://www.openartexchange.com/event/akaa-art-fair-20
 25-148">AKAA Art Fair 2025</a>\nWe are very excited to announce that OpenA
 rtExchange will be participating in AKAA Art Fair Paris 2025! From the 23r
 d to 26th of October\, we will be presenting a selection of contemporary A
 frican art at this premier international fair\, bringing together artists\
 , collectors\, and galleries from around the world. Over AKAA AKAA – Als
 o Known As Africa – is een van Europa's toonaangevende kunstbeurzen die 
 is gewijd aan hedendaagse Afrikaanse kunst en design. Het biedt een levend
 ig platform voor gevestigde en opkomende Afrikaanse kunstenaars\, en verbi
 ndt hen met verzamelaars\, curatoren en galeries in een boeiende en dynami
 sche omgeving. Onze presentatie Bij onze booth (B2) kunnen bezoekers nieuw
 e werken ontdekken van de Beninse kunstenaars Marcel Kpoho en Benjamin Deg
 uenon. Beide werken duwen de grenzen van expressie en storytelling. 
 Marcel Kpoho (1988\, Porto Novo) transforms recycled tire slices int
 o masks and sculptures that delve into the complexities of human nature. H
 is work reflects both the darkest and most glorious aspects of humanity. 
 Benjamin Deguenon (1982) creates ceramic sculptures\, painting
 s\, and drawings that blend human and animal forms into hybrid beings. His
  work explores themes of identity\, transformation\, and the human conditi
 on through expressive\, figurative forms. Our Booth Story At the heart of 
 our presentation lies the exploration of duality\, within human nature\, a
 nd within life itself. The works of Marcel Kpoho and Benjamin Deguenon eng
 age in an ongoing dialogue between man and nature\, but also within the se
 lf. Both artists can confront the darker aspects of existence\, not as som
 ething to be feared or avoided\, but as a part of what makes us human. The
 ir art invites reflection on hou we can acknowledge and harness these inne
 r shadows\, transforming them into understanding\, balance\, and strength.
  Kpoho's sculptural practice\, rooted in the [...]
DTSTAMP:20260825T075052Z
LOCATION:Le Carreau du Temple\, 4 Rue Eugène Spuller\, 75003 Paris\, Frank
 rijk
SUMMARY:AKAA Art Fair 2025
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://www.openartexchange.com/event
 /akaa-art-fair-2025-148">AKAA Art Fair 2025</a>\nWe are very excited to an
 nounce that OpenArtExchange will be participating in AKAA Art Fair Paris 2
 025! From the 23rd to 26th of October\, we will be presenting a selection 
 of contemporary African art at this premier international fair\, bringing 
 together artists\, collectors\, and galleries from around the world. Over 
 AKAA AKAA – Also Known As Africa – is een van Europa's toonaangevende 
 kunstbeurzen die is gewijd aan hedendaagse Afrikaanse kunst en design. Het
  biedt een levendig platform voor gevestigde en opkomende Afrikaanse kunst
 enaars\, en verbindt hen met verzamelaars\, curatoren en galeries in een b
 oeiende en dynamische omgeving. Onze presentatie Bij onze booth (B2) kunne
 n bezoekers nieuwe werken ontdekken van de Beninse kunstenaars Marcel Kpoh
 o en Benjamin Deguenon. Beide werken duwen de grenzen van expressie en sto
 rytelling. Marcel Kpoho (1988\, Porto Novo) transforms recycle
 d tire slices into masks and sculptures that delve into the complexities o
 f human nature. His work reflects both the darkest and most glorious aspec
 ts of humanity. Benjamin Deguenon (1982) creates ceramic sculp
 tures\, paintings\, and drawings that blend human and animal forms into hy
 brid beings. His work explores themes of identity\, transformation\, and t
 he human condition through expressive\, figurative forms. Our Booth Story 
 At the heart of our presentation lies the exploration of duality\, within 
 human nature\, and within life itself. The works of Marcel Kpoho and Benja
 min Deguenon engage in an ongoing dialogue between man and nature\, but al
 so within the self. Both artists can confront the darker aspects of existe
 nce\, not as something to be feared or avoided\, but as a part of what mak
 es us human. Their art invites reflection on hou we can acknowledge and ha
 rness these inner shadows\, transforming them into understanding\, balance
 \, and strength. Kpoho's sculptural practice\, rooted in the [...]
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