Making Africa_Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents in October  Making Africa – A Continent of Contemporary Design Dates: October 30, 2015–February 21, 2016 Curators: Amelie Klein, Vitra Design Museum; Petra Joos, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao       MAKING AFRICA – A CONTINENT OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is pleased to present Making Africa – A Continent of Contemporary Design, an exhibition organized by the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Vitra Design Museum, in collaboration with the German Federal Culture Foundation and the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne. The show exhibits work from a diverse range of creative fields: object and furniture design graphic arts, illustration, fashion, architecture, urban planning, craft, film, photography, as well as digital and analogue approaches; these works demonstrate the political, economic, social, cultural, and technological transformation of the continent. This evolution, especially evident in Africa, is led by a new generation of thinkers and makers, who propose multidisciplinary, innovative solutions for the continent and the world, simultaneously revolutionizing our traditional understanding of design. Omar Victor Diop   Mame, 2014      From the series The Studio of Vanities Pigment inkjet printing on Harman by Hahnemühle paper 93 x 93 cm Courtesy Magnin-A Gallery, Paris © Omar Victor Diop, 2014