Africa Is No Island MUSEUM OF AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY ART AL MAADEN (MACAAL), MARRAKECH, MOROCCO 27 FEBRUARY – 24 AUGUST 2018 Curators: Jeanne Mercier, Baptiste de Ville d’Avray & Madeleine de Colnet. The exhibition brings together the work of approximately 40 emerging and established photographers who are working from a...
LA COUR CINÉMA EL HILAL, MÉDINA COURA, BAMAKO, MALI, DECEMBER 2, 2017 - JANUARY 31, 2018 11ES RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO - BIENNALE AFRICAINE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Une installation photographique collaborative de / A collaborative photographic installation by François-Xavier Gbré, Yo-Yo Gonthier, Nii Obodai, Kal Touré LA COUR / THE COURTYARD...
Recent Histories : deconstruced spaces, surveyed memories MUSÉE DU DISTRICT, BAMAKO, MALI, DECEMBER 2 - JANUARY 31, 2018 RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO – BIENNALE AFRICAINE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Edson Chagas, Em’kal Eyongakpa, François-Xavier Gbré, Simon Gush, Sabelo Mlangeni, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit L. Petros, Michael Tsegaye The Walther Collection presents Deconstructed...
Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art from The Walther Collection THE WALTHER COLLECTION, NEU-ULM, GERMANY, MAY 6 - OCTOBER 28, 2017 Recent Histories features the work of fourteen contemporary African artists, born in the 1970s and later. Their varied bodies of work investigate personal experiences,...
Who is still Austrian? KUNST MERAN / MERANO ARTE, MERANO, ITALY, APRIL 29 - JULY 9, 2017 Artists: Nicolò Degiorgis, François-Xavier Gbré, Runo Lagomarsino, Sonia Leimer, Renato Leotta. On the occasion of commemoration of the 700th anniversary of giving the Municipal Regulations to Merano, the show, curated by...
Afriques Capitales LA VILLETTE, PARIS, FRANCE, MARCH 23 - MAY 28, 2017 RFI, «Afriques Capitales est une ville, un labyrinthe, un foutoir», Simon Njami, 3 avril 2017 "François-Xavier Gbré présente une œuvre où il dit : « Je suis africain », mais c’est écrit en chinois. C’est un commentaire sur l’emprise...
Paris Photo GRAND PALAIS, PARIS, NOVEMBER 10-13, 2016 Amuse, The Best of Paris Photo, Brooke Maccord, November 8, 2016 "Living and working in the Côte d’Ivoire, the body of Gbré’s work on display documents the geography of West Africa between 2011 and 2015 – from memories and explorations...
Crisis of Presence PORI ART MUSEUM, FINLAND, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 - JANUARY 29, 2017 Inaki Bonillas, Alina Chaiderov, Nanna Debois Buhl, LaToya Ruby Frazier, François-Xavier Gbré, Leslie Hewitt, Paolo Icaro, Concha Jerez, Adrian Melis, Marzena Nowak, Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor, Camilo...
Nur im Okzident (Only in the Western World) MARIO MAURONER CONTEMPORARY ART, VIENNA, AUSTRIA, SEPTEMBER 22 - NOVEMBER 22, 2016 Curated by Luigi Fassi According to the German philosopher Max Weber (1864-1920), rationality is a uniquely European phenomenon. This exhibition aims to question the Eurocentrism inherent in Max...
Lueurs noires GALERIE CÉCILE FAKHOURY, ABIDJAN, CÔTE D'IVOIRE, JUNE 25 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 Yo-Yo Gonthier et François-Xavier Gbré "Dans son installation, Wo shi Feizhou / Je suis africain François-Xavier Gbré investigue sur les traces de ce que la cité cherche à dissimuler. L’œuvre soulève les questions de...