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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://www.openartexchange.com/event/africa-now-ii-20
 22-87">Africa Now II (2022)</a>\nJoin us for the grand opening with music 
 and art on August 27\, featuring dynamic works from four celebrated Africa
 n artists On Saturday\, August 27 between 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM we will fest
 ively open the group exhibition ‘AFRICA NOW II’ with 4 African artists
  from 4 different countries. Feel more than welcome to join the opening at
  4 pm with vocals and guitar music by young talent Giulia Bandiziol\, also
  lead singer and guitarist of the girl rock band “Serendipity” from Th
 e Hague. Afterwards you can indulge in a very fine selection of contempora
 ry African art while enjoying a snack and a drink and meet and greet parti
 cipating artists Tchif Thiakpe (Benin) and Kingsley Ogwara (Luxembourg/Nig
 eria). AFRICA NOW II This recurring summer exhibition aims to provide an i
 nsight into the richness and enormous diversity of contemporary African ar
 t with a presentation of recent works by 4 internationally recognized arti
 sts. Mature art\, which no longer has anything to do with the stigma of pr
 imitive\, naive exotic art\, but is a synchronous part of the internationa
 l contemporary art world. Of course\, this is only a glimpse of the many-h
 eaded appearance of contemporary African art\, but we are very proud of th
 e quality and versatility of the work that was brought to the Netherlands 
 for this exhibition and partly made here in residence. Tchif Tchiakpe (Ben
 in) shows his famous abstract expressionist total compositions full of dep
 th and colour\, to which he adds his own symbolic language. Kingsley Ogwar
 a (Luxembourg/Nigeria) composes his also abstract colorful compositions in
  a pointillist pastiche style with a rich texture\, which seem to take the
  form of crowds of people\, next to some abstract sculptures in alabaster 
 stone. Up-and-coming talent Mounou Desire Koffi (Ivory Coast) creates a ne
 w series of stylized figurative textile works from recycled mobile key pad
 s\, jute and linen in [...]
DTSTAMP:20260826T152919Z
LOCATION:OpenArtExchange\, Hoogstraat 85\, 3111HC Schiedam\, Pays-Bas
SUMMARY:Africa Now II (2022)
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://www.openartexchange.com/event
 /africa-now-ii-2022-87">Africa Now II (2022)</a>\nJoin us for the grand op
 ening with music and art on August 27\, featuring dynamic works from four 
 celebrated African artists On Saturday\, August 27 between 4:00 PM – 7:0
 0 PM we will festively open the group exhibition ‘AFRICA NOW II’ with 
 4 African artists from 4 different countries. Feel more than welcome to jo
 in the opening at 4 pm with vocals and guitar music by young talent Giulia
  Bandiziol\, also lead singer and guitarist of the girl rock band “Seren
 dipity” from The Hague. Afterwards you can indulge in a very fine select
 ion of contemporary African art while enjoying a snack and a drink and mee
 t and greet participating artists Tchif Thiakpe (Benin) and Kingsley Ogwar
 a (Luxembourg/Nigeria). AFRICA NOW II This recurring summer exhibition aim
 s to provide an insight into the richness and enormous diversity of contem
 porary African art with a presentation of recent works by 4 internationall
 y recognized artists. Mature art\, which no longer has anything to do with
  the stigma of primitive\, naive exotic art\, but is a synchronous part of
  the international contemporary art world. Of course\, this is only a glim
 pse of the many-headed appearance of contemporary African art\, but we are
  very proud of the quality and versatility of the work that was brought to
  the Netherlands for this exhibition and partly made here in residence. Tc
 hif Tchiakpe (Benin) shows his famous abstract expressionist total composi
 tions full of depth and colour\, to which he adds his own symbolic languag
 e. Kingsley Ogwara (Luxembourg/Nigeria) composes his also abstract colorfu
 l compositions in a pointillist pastiche style with a rich texture\, which
  seem to take the form of crowds of people\, next to some abstract sculptu
 res in alabaster stone. Up-and-coming talent Mounou Desire Koffi (Ivory Co
 ast) creates a new series of stylized figurative textile works from recycl
 ed mobile key pads\, jute and linen in [...]
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