FROM KAWRAL TO SARGAL
15 Years of Printmaking in Senegal
curated by Kan Si
Raw Material Company
Center for art, knowledge and society
4074 bis Sicap Amitié 2 - Dakar
28 June–28 September 2013
The exhibition is a retrospective of the practice of printmaking at the Goree Institute Printmaking Workshop. Kawral—which means community in Fulani—is the title of the first portfolio of etchings published by this workshop established on Goree Island in 1998. Sargal Gorée—which means pay tribute to Gorée in Wolof—is the title of the last portfolio launched in 2012.
Over one hundred works on paper will be on show in their entirety for the first time. This reflects a unique production of printmaking in Senegal. The exhibition gathers twenty-three artists spanning three generations, including established, mid-career and emerging ones.
The works are the result of a series of workshops held on Goree Island between 1998 and 2012. The thematic workhops lead by master printer Amadou Kane Sy alias Kan Si dealt with subjects such as HIV-AIDS, peace and conflict resolution, gender and freedom, amongst others.
The workshop, which is still ongoing, enables Senegalese and international artists to make works in etching, lithography and woodcut on Africa-related issues. Over the past fifteen years the workshop has produced six collective portfolios: Kawral, Here, Jamm Rek, Collecte 2, Jam Tan and Sargal Gorée.
The exhibition promotes an artistic practice often neglected by contemporary artists.
Artists represented in the exhibition are Abdoulaye Ndoye, Amadou Camara Gueye, Arfang Sarr, Birame Ndiaye, Breyten Breytenbach, Cheikh Niass, Cheikhou Keita, El Sy, Gabriel Kemzo Malou, Fola Lawson, Kalidou Sy, Kan Si, Khadidiatou Sow, Magatte Toure, Marianne Senghor, Melvin Edwards, Muhsana Ali, Ngoor, Piniang, Sea Diallo, Serigne Ndiaye, Seydou Diedhiou and Souleymane Keita.
15 Years of Printmaking in Senegal
curated by Kan Si
Raw Material Company
Center for art, knowledge and society
4074 bis Sicap Amitié 2 - Dakar
28 June–28 September 2013
The exhibition is a retrospective of the practice of printmaking at the Goree Institute Printmaking Workshop. Kawral—which means community in Fulani—is the title of the first portfolio of etchings published by this workshop established on Goree Island in 1998. Sargal Gorée—which means pay tribute to Gorée in Wolof—is the title of the last portfolio launched in 2012.
Over one hundred works on paper will be on show in their entirety for the first time. This reflects a unique production of printmaking in Senegal. The exhibition gathers twenty-three artists spanning three generations, including established, mid-career and emerging ones.
The works are the result of a series of workshops held on Goree Island between 1998 and 2012. The thematic workhops lead by master printer Amadou Kane Sy alias Kan Si dealt with subjects such as HIV-AIDS, peace and conflict resolution, gender and freedom, amongst others.
The workshop, which is still ongoing, enables Senegalese and international artists to make works in etching, lithography and woodcut on Africa-related issues. Over the past fifteen years the workshop has produced six collective portfolios: Kawral, Here, Jamm Rek, Collecte 2, Jam Tan and Sargal Gorée.
The exhibition promotes an artistic practice often neglected by contemporary artists.
Artists represented in the exhibition are Abdoulaye Ndoye, Amadou Camara Gueye, Arfang Sarr, Birame Ndiaye, Breyten Breytenbach, Cheikh Niass, Cheikhou Keita, El Sy, Gabriel Kemzo Malou, Fola Lawson, Kalidou Sy, Kan Si, Khadidiatou Sow, Magatte Toure, Marianne Senghor, Melvin Edwards, Muhsana Ali, Ngoor, Piniang, Sea Diallo, Serigne Ndiaye, Seydou Diedhiou and Souleymane Keita.
