ROOTS (2020)

Rooted Reflections: Tracing Humanity Through Artistic Interpretations

This exhibition about roots of humanity shows acrylic paintings from Casca (Angola/UK) with his colourful avatar identities of modern society from the serie “Survive”, confronting detailed collages about the heritage of post colonial African societies from Jonathan Vatunga (DR Congo/France), earthy masks and organic abstracts, with some calligraphic touch from Zhanhong Liao (NL/China), ragged vulnerable ink on paper images based on Fulani nomad tattoo symbols by Sanda Amado (Benin) and a new series of iron mesh 3D portraits opening up the inside by Jeffrey Burger (NL). During the walk-in opening at social distance, Zhanhong Liao improvised a painting performance with ink on paper, whilst Casca showed his masked Angolan alter ego. ⁠