Owanto
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Owanto (born 13 December 1953 in Paris) is a British Gabonese artist.
Owanto (born 13 December 1953 in Paris) is a British Gabonese artist.
Biography
Owanto was born on 13 December 1953 in Paris, and spent her adolescence in Libreville, Gabon, where she spent her formative years, later moving to Madrid and studying at the Institut Catholic de Paris In 2009, Owanto represented the Republic of Gabon at the 53rd Venice Biennale with her piece The Lighthouse of Memory/ Go Nogé Mènè, curated by Fernando Francès, being the first Central African artist to exhibit solo in a National Pavilion . Owanto stated that the piece was inspired by an artistic proposal she called “Où Allons Nous?” (Where Are We Going?). Owanto also states that; "Gabon was looking for new directions, as was the rest of the world - new systems, new models of society, new ways of seeing.” Thelma Mort (2020): Getting out of forgotten: The disruptive vision of Owanto, Agenda, DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2020.1833512 Berrada, Meriem; Dieudji, Janine G.; Diagne, Souleymane B. and Zineb A. Arraki. 2019. Material Insanity. Casablanca, Morocco: Somadi. . DeSouza, Allan; Milbourne, Karen; Mutu, Wangechi; Osodi, George and Clive van den Berg. 2013. Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa. New York, USA: Monacelli Press. . Frances, Fernando. 2009. Owanto: The Lighthouse of Memory - Go Nogé Mènè. Imola, Italy: Maretti Editore. . Sherman, Louise. 2002. Owanto. Barcelona, Spain: Polígrafa. . "Owanto: A Thousand Voices, But Two Thousand Feet" by Valentine Umansky, ART AFRICA, July 2020 "Owanto: 30 years of militantisme en faveur de l'émancipation de la femme" by Stevie Mounombou, Gabonreview, July 2020 "Owanto: An artist who asks you to look and reflect" by Emilie Gambade, Daily Maverick, July 2020 "Something Terrible Happened To Me When I Was Seven", ELLE, February 2019 "Le dire avec des fleurs", Diptyk n ° 47, February-March 2019 "Fleurs guérisseuses et voix briseuses de silences", Afrique in visu, February 2019 "Les Fleurs du Bien", ELLE, February 2018 "Owanto's Flower Series", AFRICANAH, December 2017 "The Forgotten Drawer," ART AFRICA, December 2017 Fernando Francés, Owanto The Lighthouse of Memory Go Nogé Mènè, Christian Maretti Editore, 2009, pp 12–13.
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