Galerie Peter Herrmann Potsdamer Straße 98A 10785 Berlin Allemagne
With this exhibition we refer to a local art scene and present one of the few artists from Africa living in Berlin.
On the basis of the Euro Mansour Ciss created the idea of an African collective currency already at the end of the 90s. With this Projekt demonstrated his political-utopian demands and communicated his vision of a peaceful and united Africa. Beside referring to the AFRO the Gallery shows an installation and two videos.
Beside referring to the AFRO the Gallery shows an installation and two videos. "Don't tell me you don't know anything" says the double silhouette in the video Les 100 papiers. The man tells a story about his West African origins, European cities, travel documents and expired stay permits. He speaks Wolof - one of Senegals languages. Although not many people in Germany can understand it there are no subtitles. That's part of the concept and points to language predominances. In traditional clothes we see the artist going to search for tracks of the Congo Conference in Berlin. His installation work in the ground floor also deals with the relationship between Africa and the West. It belongs to his well known project Deberlinisation he got 2007 an award at the Dak'Art Biennial for.