Ibrahim Mahama Exhibition Tour
Ibrahim Mahama Exhibition Tour
Tuesday 23 July 2019
Ibrahim Mahama Exhibition Tour
Ibrahim Mahama Exhibition Tour
Tuesday 23 July 2019
‘Artist Builds Ghanaian Parliament in Whitworth for MIF’
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama will present Parliament of Ghosts, his first major exhibition in the UK as part of Manchester International Festival 2019. The centrepiece of the exhibition will be a monumental Parliament built using old school cabinets, worn train seats, and other scrapped objects recovered from abandoned industrial sites, including the railway station in Sekondi, the original headquarters of Ghana’s railway. Built by the British, the Gold Coast railway transported the country’s major exports, including cocoa, manganese, and timber. The railway archive will be transported from Sekondi and reconstructed at the Whitworth for visitors to use. The Parliament, silo, and archive are ghostly reminders of Ghana’s industrial and colonial history and the hopes of independence.
Ibrahim Mahama was born in 1987 in Tamale, Ghana. He lives and works in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana. This commission will follow Ibrahim Mahama’s large-scale installation for Ghana’s first National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale this year.
Further Details:
Cost per person: £10.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Time: 2.00 pm
Venue: Main Galleries, ground floor, the Whitworth
Cost: £10
Booking via webste, by post with email confirmation or for tickets please send s.a.e.
‘Artist Builds Ghanaian Parliament in Whitworth for MIF’
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama will present Parliament of Ghosts, his first major exhibition in the UK as part of Manchester International Festival 2019. The centrepiece of the exhibition will be a monumental Parliament built using old school cabinets, worn train seats, and other scrapped objects recovered from abandoned industrial sites, including the railway station in Sekondi, the original headquarters of Ghana’s railway. Built by the British, the Gold Coast railway transported the country’s major exports, including cocoa, manganese, and timber. The railway archive will be transported from Sekondi and reconstructed at the Whitworth for visitors to use. The Parliament, silo, and archive are ghostly reminders of Ghana’s industrial and colonial history and the hopes of independence.
Ibrahim Mahama was born in 1987 in Tamale, Ghana. He lives and works in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana. This commission will follow Ibrahim Mahama’s large-scale installation for Ghana’s first National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale this year.
Further Details:
Cost per person: £10.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
Time: 2.00 pm
Venue: Main Galleries, ground floor, the Whitworth
Cost: £10
Booking via webste, by post with email confirmation or for tickets please send s.a.e.
EVENT DATE
JULY 23, 2019
COST
£10.00 per person
POSTAL BOOKINGS
Booking Closed
NUMBER OF PLACES
Max. places: 20
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