Rubén Acosta from Lanzarote and Esther Arocha from Tenerife, curated by Orlando Britto, are participating with their work in the prestigious Bamako Biennial of African Photography until January 1. For this, they have received the support of the Government of the Canary Islands, through the Septenio program. With their works "An imprecise place" (Acosta) and "In the Woods" (Arocha), this joint exhibition project is located in the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers Multimedia of the capital of Mali, a space that hosts important proposals in the context of the Biennial.
More than 300 people attended the opening session of the Canarian exhibition, which was attended by the Minister of Culture of Mali, Hamane Niang, together with the director of the Conservatory of Arts, Abdouluaye Konaté; the Spanish ambassador, Lourdes Meléndez; and the general director of Casa África, Ricardo Martínez. The curator and artists toured the exhibition with the delegation and explained their work and artistic discourse.
"We have an open space in Bamako since 2001, already known by specialists and artists who ask about the Canary Islands exhibition, and this is really important," said the art critic and curator of the Canarian project, Orlando Britto, in reference to the participation of island artists in Mali. For a decade, in which six editions of the Reencontres have been held, including the current one, which has the motto "For a sustainable world".
In this way, the Canarian presence is consolidated in this important event. These presences in the Bamako Biennial are part of the cultural strategy of Canarian creators abroad, which is supported by the Government of the Canary Islands, such as the presences in the Biennials of Contemporary Art of Dakar, Senegal and Havana, spaces with historical, cultural and geographical relations with the archipelago.