* 1965 in Dakar, SN
11th Berlin Biennale, 5.9.–1.11.2020; Pélagie Gbaguidi, Zone de troc [Barter Zone], 2020; installation detail; photo: Mathias Völzke
11th Berlin Biennale, 5.9.–1.11.2020; Pélagie Gbaguidi, Zone de troc [Barter Zone], 2020; installation detail; photo: Mathias Völzke
Zone de troc [Barter Zone], 2020
98 drawings from a new series, colored pencils, dry pastel and wool on paper; embroidery on tarpaulin from Congo and flour sack from Morocco (Residency Ifitry, Morocco / artist’s studio, Belgium); taxidermied hyena Crocuta crocuta; taxi- dermied Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia; shipping wooden crates "Mandeville. Poste de pêche Kingabwa" and "Musée Ethnographie"; sound
Sound: Xû Mikatsiu, Pélagie Gbaguidi
Architectural consulting: Lydia Antoniou
Poem translation: Sofia Dati
Taxidermied animals and shipping crates: Collection Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren
Courtesy Pélagie Gbaguidi
Commissioned and coproduced by the 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
With the support of Flanders State of the Art; Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren