Colours of Congo – Patterns, Symbols and Narratives in 20th-Century Congolese Paintings
Visual Arts
Description
Description
Colours of Congo: Patterns, Symbols and Narratives in 20th-Century Congolese Paintings’ displays a selection of Congolese artwork created from the mid-1920s to 1960. Thanks to unprecedented access to extensive archives and art collections, the exhibition’s narrative presents a generous overview of paintings that were instigated when a single artist from Belgium began a painting workshop so as to collaborate with the indigenous population of Elisabethville (modern-day Lubumbashi). This first studio was followed by other workshops that assisted in developing a hybrid artform that remains a celebrated phenomenon.
Organiser / Presenter
The University of Hong Kong, University Museum and Art Gallery
Artist︰Georges Thiry [Belgium]
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Indoor / Outdoor
Indoor
Local / Non-local Production
Local