{"product_id":"17565-meschac-gaba","title":"Meschac Gaba","description":"\u003cFONT style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff\" size=4 face=Arial\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'\u003e\u003cFONT size=3\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'\u003e\u003cFONT size=3\u003e\u003cSPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \"TheSansOsF Plain\"'\u003e\n\u003cP class=Pa61 style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: \"TheSansOsF ExtraLight\"'\u003eEkué Woekedje Meschac Gaba (* 1961 in Cotonou, Benin) addresses major socio-political questions— such as the contemporary effects of colonialism with\u0026shy;in a system of globalization—with surprising light\u0026shy;ness. A central motif in his work is the banknote. Ma\u0026shy;nipulated bills symbolize an abstract currency system that makes fanciful decisions regarding social exclu\u0026shy;sion and integration. Defying the arbitrary mecha\u0026shy;nisms of the market and the Eurocentric thinking of the international art world, the artist puts African art at center stage. His \u003cI\u003eMuseum of Contemporary African Art \u003c\/I\u003e(1997–2002), for instance, is a laboratory where the collective effects of the market are not only made visible but can also be changed. Icons of western cul\u0026shy;ture enter into a creative dialogue with historical fig\u0026shy;ures from the African tradition.\u003c\/SPAN\u003e \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \"TheSansOsF Plain\"'\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \"TheSansOsF Plain\"'\u003eExhibition: Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin 20.9.–16.11.2014\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45526258319624,"sku":"9783775738187","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775738187_90c12207-a3ff-4615-855a-0aef2d90aa8d.jpg?v=1744117220","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17565-meschac-gaba","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}