Monday 6 June 2016

In pictures: Play, prayers and power explored at Dak'Art

BBC News
Africa's largest biennial, Dak'Art, showcases the best of African contemporary art. Photographer Ricci Shryock met some of the 65 artists taking part in the month-long exhibition that has just ended in Senegal.
Nigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor's The Prayer RoomImage copyrightRICCI SHRYOCK
Image captionNigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor took inspiration for his work titled The Prayer Room from places where elders meet and decide on community matters.
A detail from artists Kemi Bassene's Varna's Dharma, which is a chessboard that Image copyrightRICCI SHRYOCK
Image captionChess pieces were re-imagined in this worked called Varna's Dharma by Senegalese artist Kemi Bassene.
Youssef Limoud's work MaqamImage copyrightRICCI SHRYOCK
Image captionThe Leopold Senghor award of Dak’Art 2016 was given to the Egyptian-Swiss artist Youssef Limoud for this work Maqam, which recalled the calm after a storm.
A man takes a photo of Lavar Munroe's A hero's journey to a distant land at the Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African ArtImage copyrightAFP
Image captionLavar Munroe, from the Bahamas and one of some artists from outside Africa exhibiting, attempted to challenge the notions of trash and treasure in his piece A Hero's Journey to a Distant Land.
Modupeola Fadugba and her work Like Play Like PlayImage copyrightRICCI SHRYOCK
Image captionLike Play Like Play by Nigerian artist Modupeola Fadugba explored play "as a form of resistance to the suppression of freedom of expression".
Fabric Monteiro stands in front of President, This is not a PhoenixImage copyrightRICCI SHRYOCK
Image captionBenin artist Fabrice Monteiro turned his attention on the ex-emperor of Central African Republic with his piece President, This is not a Phoenix. It was a model of Jean-Bedel Bokassa's throne, made out of solid gold.
Senegalese artist Baba Ly with his series on urbanismImage copyrightRICCI SHRYOCK
Image captionSenegalese artist Baba Ly displayed his series of interpretations on what it means to live in a built-up area
Students walk under a piece by entitled Ballearic Baifal at the IFAN Museum of African Artists as part of the Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar, SenegalImage copyrightRICCI SHRYOCK
Image captionOther art brought in from outside the continent included this piece by Indian artists Pisurow Jitendra Suralkar and Sumesh Sharma.
Students walk by Image copyrightRICCI SHRYOCK
Image captionSri Lankan artist Pradeep Thalawatta's City Circle tackled feelings of isolation and loneliness in a big city.
Women in traditional Toucouleur outfits wait outside the official opening ceremony of Dakar's Biennale.Image copyrightRICCI SHRYOCK
Image captionAt the opening ceremony, which was attended by Senegalese President Macky Sall, women wore traditional Toucouleur outfits.
A video mapping project displays on Dakar's Hotel de Ville as part of the Dak'Art Binnalle.Image copyrightRICCI SHROCK
Image captionUnexpected parts of Dakar became part of
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