The new and wide ranging collection curated by Marco Scotini continues an investigation into the decentralization of the hegemonic and indisputable model of western artistic modernity in the current geo-political scenario. “Il Cacciatore Bianco/The White Hunter” is an exhibition about the construction that the West has made of Africa rather than about its art.
The White Hunter
On show at FM Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea in Milan, “The White Hunter” is an exhibition about the construction that the West has made of Africa rather than about its art.
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- 11 May 2017
- Milan
As Scotini writes: “Recognition begins with a radical criticism of our view of Africa. Are we sure that what the white hunter saw, at the beginning of the previous century, is not still the same subject of our gaze? What should be heard throughout the entire exhibition is how this view (that of the hunter) has been fundamental in the construction of a subjugated Otherness. At the same time, we need to investigate the possibilities that cannot be assimilated that have been excluded”.
With over 30 contemporary and an equal number of anonymous, traditional artists with more than 150 works, “Il Cacciatore Bianco/The White Hunter” presents a path articulated around the forms of representation and reconstruction of memory and African contemporary reality through works from – as well as from the Parisian Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain – major Italian collections and archive material on Italian colonial history. The artists are positioned over an almost complete map of the African continent, covering 15 different nations: Tunisia, Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar and South Africa.
until 6 June 2017
Il Cacciatore Bianco
curated by Marco Scotini
FM Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea
via Piranesi 10, Milan