Meschac Gaba 1961

Lives in Rotterdam en Cotonou. Works in Rotterdam en Cotonou.

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Since the mid-1990s, Meschac Gaba has been at the forefront of examining the construction of cultural identity and the intricacies of international trade, with a particular focus on the relationship between Africa and the Western world. He confronts notions of value and revaluation through a lens that includes the perception of African art and the display strategies of museums. His major ongoing work, the Museum of Contemporary African Art, which he began in 1997, championed this discourse across twelve interactive "rooms" – a nomadic museum spread across European institutions, concluding at dOCUMENTA 11 with the 'Humanist Space' in 2002. Melding a critical perspective with a playful sincerity, Gaba's oeuvre traverses and transforms national and shared identities, blending the political, the artistic, and the everyday into a compelling narrative.

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