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Sammy Baloji

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Friday, 4 October 2024 to Sunday, 12 January 2025
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Thursday, 3 October 2024 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Goldsmiths CCA presents a solo exhibition by Sammy Baloji (b.1978, Lubumbashi). Comprising two new commissions and important recent works, all of which will be on display in the UK for the first time, this major exhibition presents interconnected strands of Baloji’s artistic research on climate, tropical architecture, Belgian Art Nouveau, and extraction from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Since 2005, Sammy Baloji has been exploring the memory and history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. His work is ongoing research on the cultural, architectural and industrial heritage of the Katanga region, as well as a questioning of the impact of Belgian colonization. His use of photographic archives allows him to manipulate time and space, comparing ancient colonial narratives with contemporary economic imperialism. His video works, installations and photographic series highlight how identities are shaped, transformed, perverted and reinvented. His critical view of contemporary societies is a warning about how cultural clichés continue to shape collective memories and thus allow social and political power games to continue to dictate human behaviour. As he stated in a recent interview: “I’m not interested in colonialism as nostalgia, or in it as a thing of the past, but in the continuation of that system.” 

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Goldsmiths CCA

St James's

New Cross
London SE14 6AD

 


 

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