Tag: Omar Ba
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For Omar Ba, the Canvas Is a Political Battlefield: “Art Is Not a Game. It’s a Form of Violence.”
The day everything changed, Omar Ba was sitting in a classroom at a technical school in Dakar, Senegal, facing an impossible assignment. Rather than hand in a blank page, he drew a figure being stabbed in the back. His mechanics teacher looked at the drawing, then at the student, and asked a simple question: “What…
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From Geneva to Dakar: David Brolliet, a Collector of Art and Encounters
There are collectors who amass artworks, and others who build connections. David Brolliet belongs to the latter category: for him, art is above all a human adventure, a means of forging bonds. His collection, comprising over 1,000 works accumulated over more than 40 years, brings together both icons like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol and…
Bridging Africa and The World Through Contemporary Art 