Georges Adéagbo

**Georges Adéagbo** (born 1942) be a Beninese sculptor dem know for ein work plus found objects.

A native of Cotonou, Adéagbo study law insyd Abidjan before he move go France make he continue ein studies insyd political science. He return to Benin insyd 1971 upon de death of ein poppie, wey he begin dey create installations den environments for isolation from family den society. By de early 1990s, he begin dey receive recognition after he be accidentally discovered by a French curator wey stumble upon Adeagbo ein courtyard. Eventually, years of work culminate insyd de reception of de Prize of Honor for de Venice Biennale insyd 1999, for de "A Story of a Lion" installation project. Adéagbo dey gather de material for ein art wer ever he travel. Today, he primarily dey reside insyd Hamburg, Germany wey he often dey work insyd ein hometown of Cotonou.

## Collections
* Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (2000 & 2004)
* Museum Ludwig Cologne (2003)
* Blake Byrne, Los Angeles (1999) ~ dem donate to L.A. MoCA spring (2005)
* Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich (2005)
* Philadelphia Museum of Art (2006)
* Ulmer Museum (2007), Oslo National Museum of Art
* Architecture den Design 2009, MAK Vienna (2009)
* MUSAC Leon (2011)
* KIASMA Helsinki (2011)
* GIZ Regional Office Cotonou 2012, Collection Cecile Fakhoury Abidjan (2013)
* Whitworth Art Gallery, De University of Manchester (2013)

## Exhibitions

### Solo exhibitions
1997

* 'Death and Resurrection' - Quimper, France

2000

* 'La rencontre de l'Afrique et du Japon' Toyota Municipal Museum of Art

2004

* 'The Pythagorean Age' - Gallery of Innsbruck
* "The Explorer and the Explorers in the History of Exploration". !-The Theatre of the World.. !' - Museum Ludwig, Köln
* 'African Socialism' - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

2007

* Everything from Me to All" - Venice, Italy

2008

* "The Meeting...!" - Venice, Italy & Florence, Italy

2009

* "Colonization and the History of the Colonized" - MAK, Vienna, Austria

2010

* "Culture and Cultures – China in Hamburg", - Holzhauer Gallery Hamburg, Germany

2011

* "The Mission and the Missionaries" - MUSAC Leon (Spain)

2013

* "Once upon a time, Košice: Košice of yesterday, Košice of today..!" Make-Up Galler  Košice, Slovakia

### Group exhibitions

1996

* 'Images of Africa' (Les images de l'afrique) "African Art towards the Year 2000" - Round Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark

* "The Renaissance (La renaissance)" - Gallery of Agnès B., Paris, France

1998

* "Cannibalism" (le canibalisme) "Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros"  - XXIV Biennale de São Paulo, Brazil
* "The Philosophical Schools" (Les Écoles philosophiques) -  Trinale der Klein-Plastik, Afrika-Europa", Stuttgart, Germany

1999

* ('The Story of the Lion') a one-day installation for the Campo dell'Arsenale, June 10: awarded with the 'premio della giuria' (prize of the jury)

* "From Colonization to Independence": Installation dem create make e display de traditional art forms den elements of culture regain during de decolonization process. Na such project be a combination between a variety of artists, wey sanso dey include representation of Ethiopian den Yoruba culture.

2000

* 'ForwArt' / the composition of 'La colonisation Belge en Afrique noir' - Brussels, Belgium
* 'The Resurrection of Edith Piaf' in '"Voilà, the world in your head"' - Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, ARC, France

2001

* 'Le Socialisme Africain' (African Socialism) - Zurich, Switzerland

2002

* "The Explorer and the Explorers in the History of Exploration". "The Theatre of the World.. !" in: Documenta 11 - Kassel, Germany

2004

* 'In the Bed' in: "In Bed." - Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Aichi, Japan
* 'God-Creator in Creation' and 'AC/DC Archiv des Museum Ludwig' both in modified versions - The Kaufmann Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
* «La Colonisation Belge en Afrique Noir» - The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US

2006

* "Abraham, God's Friend" - Philadelphia version - The Philadelphia Museum of Art

2007

* "Creating the World by Collecting - A Tribute to Christoph Weickmann" in 'Weickmann's Wunderkammer,' Ulmer Museum, Germany

* "A Space with the World" in "Beyond the Wall," Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Max Liebermann Haus - Berlin, Germany

2008

* "Ephemeral Fringes" Art Brussels - Brussels, Belgium
* "Look at history!" in "See History 2008" - Kunsthalle Kiel
* "Intolerance" for the Ravello Festival - Sorento, Italy

2009

* "Hypocrisy-The Sitespecifity of Morality"
* Oslo National Museum of Contemporary Art, Norway
* Fare Mondi" 53rd Venice Biennial, Italy

2010

* "Transparancy" Trasparenze, - Napoli, Italy

2011

* "ARS 11", Kiasma - Helsinki Finland
* "ABSOLUTT INSTALLASJON" National Museum for Art, Architecture and Design - Oslo, Norway
* Reinstallation of the work commissioned for the exhibition "Hypocrisy" in 2009.

2012

* "Paris Triennial" Palais de Tokyo, curated by Okwui Enwezor - Paris, France
* "We Face Forward" - Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester, UK The Storytellers
* The Stenersen Museum - Oslo, Norway
* Biennale Regard Benin
* Porto Novo and Togbin Plage, Benin

2013

* "DECOLONIZE MÜNCHEN" at the Stadtmuseum München, Germany "Germany before the war and Germany after the war..!"

2022

* "Create to Free Yourselves - President Lincoln's Cottage":

2023

* "Create to Free Yourselves - Abraham Lincoln and the History of Freeing Slaves in America" 

2024 

* "Ein neues Werk für die Hamburger Kunsthalle" (wich dey translate like "A new Work for the Hamburger Kunsthalle") 

## Bibliography
* *[https://africa.si.edu/2023/01/create-to-free-yourselves-georges-adeagbo/ NEW! Georges Adéagbo: Create to Free Yourselves: Abraham Lincoln and the History of Freeing Slaves in America]*. (n.d.).
* Robinson, S. (2023, January 24). At Abraham Lincoln's Cottage, Artist Georges Adéagbo Pays Homage to the Great Emancipator. *Smithsonian Magazine*.
* Goldstein, C. (2020, June 2). Artist Georges Adéagbo's New Exhibition in Berlin Juxtaposes Cultural Artifacts From Around the World to Spark New Ways of Seeing—See It Here. *Artnet News*. 
* *[https://www.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en/exhibitions/georges-adeagbo/ Georges Adéagbo – Moderna Museet i Stockholm]*. (n.d.). Moderna Museet I Stockholm.
* Redaktion, S.-. (2021, March 15). *[https://www.artatberlin.com/en/exhibition-georges-adeagbo-eli-cortinas-kindl-zentrum-zeitgenoessische-kunst-in-berlin-contemporary-art-exhibitions-galleries/ Georges Adéagbo (M2) | Eli Cortiñas (M1) | KINDL – Zentrum |] 28.03.-25.07.2020*. ART at Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen | Galerien | Museen | Galerieführer | Kunst | Map.
* *[https://www.chesterwood.org/calendar-2023/2023/6/12/artists-talk-amp-opening-reception Artist's Talk & Opening Reception with Georges Adéagbo — Chesterwood]*. (2023, July 29). Chesterwood.

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