TRUE LOVES: a look at 7 artists exhibiting at Dak’Art Biennale 2016

Karray is a Tunisian photographer. Her work explores confinement and identity with particularly striking black and white photographs.

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Noir#4, 2013

Gbré has taken photos of the built environment in various African cities including Lagos, Dakar and Bamako. His series in Bamako captures military monuments built by the government across the capital.

Francois-Xavier Gbré

Republic of Mali, Sotuba, Bamako, 2012

Dagnogo’s work is expressive, vibrant and loose. He layers his canvas with a range of objects including branded food, farm animals and furniture.

Gopal Dagnogo

Apéro Vache qui rit, 2014

Ouattara, a contemporary of Jean-Michel Basquiat, creates large-scale collaged paintings.

Watts Ouattara

Afro Beat, 2011

Nkanga tackles a variety of issues such as land use and human consumption through site-specific installations, photography and illustration.

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Diaspore, 2014

Eshetu works in the medium of video and art. His installation BRAVE NEW WORLD creates a digital kaleidoscope from a video.

Egyptian visual artist Amin’s work is politically-charged. As part of the collective The Arabian Street Artists she managed to ‘hack’ US-series Homeland by graffitiing critical phrases in Arabic as part of the set design.

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As Birds Flying, 2016

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