Meschac Gaba, Citoyen du monde, 2012. Inkjet print on synthetic canvas. Courtesy the artist and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg
Meschac Gaba
Le Monde
6 June – 20 July 2013
at Stevenson, Cape Town
Meschac Gaba’s exhibition “”Le Monde” will comprise works that he made for the recent Benin Biennale as well as an installation titled La Mode en Miniature.
La Mode en Miniature takes the form of a shop of babies’ and children’s clothes, made in Cotonou, Benin, and displayed on painted dummies, also from Cotonou. At first glance, the installation appears childlike and sweet, yet a closer look reveals that the embroidered texts on the colourful clothes are violent, disturbing and disconcerting words and phrases, a reminder of children’s vulnerability to certain phenomena in our society. The context of a shop-like space is a thread that runs through Gaba’s work, in which he repeatedly explores issues of cultural exchange and value.
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