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Hazoumè in 2010. Romuald Hazoumè (born 1962, Porto Novo, Republic of Dahomey) is a Yoruba artist and sculptor, from the Republic of Bénin. He is best known for his work La Bouche du Roi, a reworking of the 1789 image of the slave ship Brookes.
Se dedicó a la escultura y la pintura, profundizando con sus obras en mitos y tradiciones de su patria y denunciando la malas condiciones de vida y la falta de protección hacia los habitantes de Africa. A mediados de la década de los 80 comenzó a experimentar en la escultura con objetos de metal y plástico. Su temática se refiere ...
A multi-disciplinary 3D artist/sculptor, this contemporary African artist works with recycled materials, photography, film-making and assemblage.
Hazoumè’s art—which ranges across sculpture, photography, film, and sound—absorbs and confronts the complex realities of contemporary life in Benin and the broader ramifications of Pan-African politics.
Romuald Hazoumè (born in 1962, Porto Novo, Benin), who is of Yoruba origin, grew up in a Catholic family, but remained in contact with the Vodun society of his forbears; this dual cultural...
Romuald Hazoumè (born in 1962, Porto Novo, Benin), who is of Yoruba origin, grew up in a Catholic family, but remained in contact with the Vodun society of his forbears; this dual cultural...
22 de abr. de 2019 · Romuald Hazoumè is an artiste engagé, an artist who takes a position. His work is deeply rooted in the cultural, social, and political context of Benin, but more generally of Africa and the world. An African artist, he is a cosmopolitan who embraces the globe. Hazoumè has been crossing borders for almost thirty years.
