Young African Art

Languages Beyond Borders is a project promoted by Carlo Maresca SpA and its art gallery YAG/garage. It is an artist residency in the city of Pescara involving six young artists from the African continent. The residency is enriched by a series of collateral events and a final exhibition event set up in the new ground -floor space at Via Caravaggio 125. 125. The aim of the project is to offer these artists the opportunity to engage with the Italian and European art system and to demonstrate the value and vitality of contemporary artistic practices emerging from Africa. It is a positive form of migration that enriches the local territory through opportunities for encounter and exchange, where contemporary artistic language becomes a cultural tool capable of fostering significant processes of cross-fertilization.

The project was made possible thanks to a Technical-Scientific Committee composed of Silvio Maresca, Ivan D’Alberto, Claudia Beretta, Roberto Sala, Martina Sconci, Maria Letizia Paiato, and Marco Brandizzi , and to the financial support of partners such as Bluserena, Valagro, Almaci, and Sexantio.

PROGRAM

12 NOVEMBER | SPAZIO MATTA | PESCARA | 7:00 pm – ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATION BY FRANCESCO ALBERICO

Project curated by Associazione Grand Hotel in collaboration with Artisti per il Matta.
Site-specific installation by Francesco Alberico in the outdoor areas of Spazio Matta and meeting with the African artists in residence.

13 NOVEMBER | YAG/garage | PESCARA | 9:00 pm – SILENT DINNER (PERFORMANCE)

Project curated by Mandra Cerrone.
The artist, the six African artists, and the audience will take part in a performative dinner ( by invitation only).

14 NOVEMBER | ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS | L’AQUILA | 11:00 am
ART EXCHANGES – FOCUS ON CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART

Project curated by the Academy of Fine Arts of L’Aquila .
Round-table discussion between African artists and artists from the Academy.

14 NOVEMBER | MU.SP.A.C. | L’AQUILA | 6:30 pm
SIGNS OF AFRICA – EXHIBITION OF RESEARCH MATERIALS FROM THE MU.SP.A.C. ARCHIVE ON AFRICAN CULTURES

Project curated by Martina Sconci.
Video screening and exhibition of documents on African cultures at the Museo Sperimentale d’Arte Contemporanea of L’Aquila, related to the work carried out by ethno -anthropologists and African studies scholars Tito Spini and Giovanna Antongini. Materials partly collected and preserved in the museum’s Multi Media Library.

15 NOVEMBER | YAG | PESCARA | 7:00 pm
YOUNG AFRICAN ART – LANGUAGES BEYOND BORDERS

Project curated by Ivan D’Alberto

ARTISTS ON EXHIBITION:

Collin Sekajugo [Rwanda] Elolo Bosoka [Ghana] Khulekani Msweli [Swaziland] Marwa Saad [Egypt] Nelson Niyakire [Burundi] Selome Muleta [Ethiopia]

Opening evening (by invitation only)

16 NOVEMBER | YAG | PESCARA | 6:00 pm
VERNISSAGE – YOUNG AFRICAN ART

Opening open to the public

LA COQUILLE – Performance by Nelson Niyakire [Burundi]

ADORNMENT – Performance by Khulekani Msweli [Swaziland]

WALLPAPER – Performance by Elolo Bosoka [Ghana]