Solo exhibition by Romuald Hazoumè
0ctober Gallery, 2016
Solo exhibition exploring the theme of immigration by internationally acclaimed artist Romuald Hazoumè (b. 1962). Works included consist of three major installations, paintings, photography and masks. Hazoumè’s works have a dark humour that deal with the most urgent global problems. His iconic use of recycled materials are assembled to draw attention to critical issues in our global society. This timely exhibition features a five-metre long crashed boat and a die made of thousands of found flip-flops, addresses the movement of people across the world and the horrific narratives created with the migrant crisis and those forced by war or famine to flee their home country.
In the past thirty years Hazoumè’s work has been widely shown throughout Europe, the United States and Asia, including the British Museum, the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Gagosian, Paris. His works are in prominent public and private collections around the world, including the permanent collections of the British Museum, London; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane and Neue Galerie, Kassel. In 2007, Romuald Hazoumè was awarded the Arnold-Bode-Prize at documenta 12.
