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Little BIg Sister: 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Somerset House, Strand, London, UK WC2R 1LA, 13 - 16 October 2022 
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Moufouli Bello, Kiki is My Pet Friend, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Moufouli Bello, Little Big Sister, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Moufouli Bello, Night Birds, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Manyaku Mashilo, Conductor of The Cosmos, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Manyaku Mashilo, Dreams From Which I Never Wake, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Manyaku Mashilo, There Is A Place, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Manyaku Mashilo, We Are Almost There, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gary March, A Pre-existent Civilisation, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gary March, The Teller of Dreams, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gary March, Those Who Came Before, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gary March, We Once Were Guardians, 2022
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Gary March, We Shall Rise, 2022
  • Moufouli Bello, Kiki is My Pet Friend, 2022
  • Moufouli Bello, Little Big Sister, 2022
  • Moufouli Bello, Night Birds, 2022
  • Manyaku Mashilo, Conductor of The Cosmos, 2022
  • Manyaku Mashilo, Dreams From Which I Never Wake, 2022
  • Manyaku Mashilo, There Is A Place, 2022
  • Manyaku Mashilo, We Are Almost There, 2022
  • Gary March, A Pre-existent Civilisation, 2022
  • Gary March, The Teller of Dreams, 2022
  • Gary March, Those Who Came Before, 2022
  • Gary March, We Once Were Guardians, 2022
  • Gary March, We Shall Rise, 2022
Moufouli Bello, Kiki is My Pet Friend, 2022
Booth E4 | East Wing https://www.1-54.com/london/visit/ 10 am - 8pm https://www.1-54.com/london/
SMO Contemporary Art is pleased to present LITTLE BIG SISTER, an exhibition of works by Moufouli Bello, Manyaku Mashilo and Gary March at 1.54’s 10th Anniversary African Contemporary Art Fair in London.
 
LITTLE BIG SISTER draws inspiration from the fundamental networks of guardianship, protection, and caring within African and Diasporan communities the world over. Strong family and communal bonds and the complex dynamics of the evolution of societies and the intimacy of being are explored in Moufouli Bellos paintings.  Manyako Mashilo’s portraits set in abstract cosmological landscapes delve into a plurality of rich African traditions, touching on diverse identities and the physical and spiritual inter-relationships of shared beliefs. While Gary March’s sculptures of reclaimed and recycled materials show the critical cross-section between identity, culture and the local environment in each of his creations.  Each artist brings to the surface the physical and spiritual ties which bind us, and the power of these Little Big Sister relationships: a starting point to unfolding the rich tapestry of inter-dependence, memory, ancestry, and belonging within our communities.
  • Fair Catalogue

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