WHAT'S ON - Efie Gallery
- Art Salon Team
- Oct 29, 2024
- 2 min read
ABDOULAYE KONATE
SAMBADIO
10 OCT 2024 – 6 JAN 2025
Abdoulaye Konaté practiced every contemporary art form, from painting to installation, before finding the visual language that best suited the vision of the world which he wanted to share. His artistic practice has given him the freedom to distil his past experiences into a form that brings these different worlds together. His textile paintings, which draw on an ancestral technique, prove the contemporaneity of all techniques once they are translated into a universal language. In our contemporary society, where artificial intelligence and other technological gadgets seem poised to replace know-how, Konaté goes resolutely against the tides of fashion and so-called modernity and continues to show the world that human hands remain the most reliable instruments. Through his attitude and choices he asserts the presence of human aesthetics on industrial production and stands as a silent representative of the ecological values that many talk about but few follow. For the world often satisfies itself with revised and reworked words whose origins end up lost in the various adaptations applied. The word “ecology” comes from the Greek oikos (house) and logos (science or knowledge). If we stick to etymology, ecology should be experienced not as a movement solely concerned with environmental causes, but as a philosophical position encompassing all the issues related to the planet, including the issue of humans. “Ecology”, in the way the word is intended here, and the house or home to which it corresponds, are none other than the earth, the common home for which Abdoulaye Konaté has always been an incorruptible champion.
About Efie Gallery
Efie Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Dubai specialising in the representation and advancement of artists of African origin, both from the African continent and its global diaspora.
Since its inception in 2021, and the opening of its permanent space in 2022 in Al Khayat Art Avenue, the gallery has been establishing itself as a global platform for some of Africa’s most significant artists.
Efie Gallery enables and supports cross-cultural exchange between Africa, the Middle East and beyond. In addition to its wide-ranging roster of artists and exhibitions, the gallery operates a dynamic residency programme that facilitates collaborations with local artists, institutions and community members, supporting artists in the narrative and vision of their work.
(Source: https://efiegallery.com/about-us/)
Opening hours: Monday – Saturday, 11 am – 7 pm
Closed from 6th July to 1 September 2024
Address: 19th Street – Al Quoz 1, Off First Al Khail Street
