Ca’ del Duca 3052, Corte del Duca Sforza
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It is an honour to share the news with AKKA Project's public: two iconic pieces by Gonçalo Mabunda - a throne and a mask - have officially entered the permanent collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, as the result of a donation to the institution.
"One of the most interesting and famous representatives of the current cultural process of Africa in the world is the artist from Mozambique Gonçalo Mabunda. The talented sculptor and artist in his installations that are unusual by their content and technique, tells about the history of his country through expressive metaphors and symbols, talks about the eternal confrontation between good and evil".
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"The "Throne" and "Mask" presented to your attention is the representative sample of the art of Mozambican sculptor of the 2000s, in which deactivated cases, mines and jets of AK-47 assault rifle act as a "building material" for an openwork ceremonial podium on which there should majestically sit the tribal leader. Thereat, the details of which the metal structure is made give it a multi-valued and ironic subtext to a large extent, which implies the idea of what the power of some rulers is actually based on. The author wants to tell about the high price paid by the humanity for the loss of its original humanistic values by means of image-metaphor specific to Mabunda".
Congratulation to our artist Gonçalo!
1 May 2024