Gay Art Show in Africa to Open in One of 38 Countries Where Being Gay is Illegal

THE ART NEWSPAPER
By Annie Shaw

Gay men from Lagos are the subject of the Nigerian photographer Andrew Esiebo’s ongoing series “Who We Are”

SENEGAL---An exhibition about homosexuality in Africa is due to go ahead in Senegal next month, despite a leading academic advising the gallery against it. “The show will cause controversy, but we will not censor ourselves,” says the independent curator Ato Malinda. “Precarious Imaging: Visibility and Media Surrounding African Queerness” (7 May-18 July), will feature works by Kader Attia, Andrew Esiebo, Zanele Muholi, Amanda Kerdahi M. and Jim Chuchu. Malinda is co-organising the show with Koyo Kouoh, the artistic director at Raw Material Company, a non-profit art centre in Dakar where the exhibition opens as part of the informal programme for Dak’Art 2014, the 11th Biennale of Contemporary African Art (9 May-8 June). [link]