biografia di Georges ADÉAGBO (1942)
Personal data
Birth : 1942 - Cotonou, Benin
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Benin
Address
Cotonou, BeninProfessional data
Work and Life
1971:He returned to Benin owing to family responsibilities.
He studied law and business administration in France.
Prizes
1999
1999 : Prize of Honor – Venice VE, Italy
Context: d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia (06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999)
Awarded by : La Biennale di Venezia – 1364/a Ca’ Giustinian – Venice VE, Italy
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Assemblage - Installation Works
| From Colonialization to Independence | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2000
Abraham – l’ami de Dieu
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
11/19/2000 – 02/2001
1999
Centre d’Art Contemporain – Vassivière, France
1999
1997
La Rédemption, le Rédempteur
Le Quartier Centre d’Art Contemporain – Quimper, France
1997
La Mort et la Résurection
Galerie Nathalie Obadia – Paris, France
1997
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : CTL-Presse, Book different – Borselstrasse 9-11 – Hamburg, Germany
2001
KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : CTL-Presse, Book different – Borselstrasse 9-11 – Hamburg, Germany
Group exhibitions
2002
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
2001
The Short Century : Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
09/08/2001 – 12/30/2001
2000
Partage d’exotismes – 5ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Halle Tony Garnier – Lyon, France
06/27/2000 – 09/24/2000
1999
d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999
1998
La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire
Villa Medici – Rome, Italy
1998
Roteiros – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°24
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/03/1998 – 12/13/1998
1997
Die Anderen Modernen : Zeitgenossische Kunst aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika
Haus der Kulturen der Welt – Berlin, Germany
1997
Georges Adéagbo / Honoré d’O
Fri-Art – Fribourg FR, Switzerland
1997
L’Archéologie
SESC Pompéia – São Paulo, Brazil
1997
Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997
1996
La Renaissance
Galerie du Jour Agnès B. – Paris, France
1996
1995
Art and Evolution, Big City
Serpentine Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1995
DAK’ART 95 Biennale de l’art africain contemporain
Dakar, Senegal
1995
La Paix dans le monde, Dialogues de la Paix
Palais des Nations – Office des Nations Unies – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1995
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Exhibition catalogues
2000
Partage d’exotismes, 5ème Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon, volumes 1 et 2
Publisher: RMN Réunion des Musées Nationaux – 49 rue Etienne Marcel – Paris, France
06/2000
ISBN : 2711840131
1999
La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X
1998
Eat me : Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros
Author: Poshyananda Apinan – São Paulo, Brazil
1998
Periodicals
2002
MÜLLER Silke – Documenta 11
in: Art das Kunstmagazin p. 14
Hamburg, Germany
06/2002
1997
Georges Adéagbo, art au sol
in: Beaux Arts Magazine n° 154
Paris, France
1997
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