Africa Remix

DUSSELDORF

Museum Kunst Palast

July 24-November 7

Curated by Simon Njami

The ambitious, multidisciplinary "Africa Remix" samples work made in the past decade by nearly one hundred artists from the continent. This timely arrangement highlights such stars as William Kentridge and Jane Alexander alongside the heterogeneous work of some sixty as yet unknowns. The substantial catalogue features essays by curator Simon Njami, Jean-Hubert Martin, Hudita Mustafa, and others. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen whether a show so committed to the exigencies of place can transcend its exportation abroad or whether the exhibition will wind up redoubling those imperialist fantasies it so carefully strives to avoid. Travels to the Hayward Gallery, London, Feb. 10, 2005-Apr. 17, 2005; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, May 15, 2005-Aug. 20, 2005; and other venues. -SH