Ibrahim Mahama is one of the most prominent artists to emerge from Ghana in recent years. He is known for large-scale installations incorporating jute sacks previously used to transport cocoa beans and charcoal. In its Bermondsey space in London, the gallery White Cube presents Ibrahim Mahama's first solo exhibition in the UK. For this show, Mahama has created a new series of works including Non-Orientable Nkansa (2016), a monumental sculpture formed from stained wooden fragments.
Ibrahim Mahama: Fragments. Solo exhibition at White Cube, Bermondsey, North Galleries, London (UK). Exhibition walk-through, February 28, 2017.
White Cube presents 'Fragments', an exhibition by Ibrahim Mahama. One of the most prominent artists to emerge from Ghana in recent years, Mahama is known for large-scale installations incorporating jute sacks previously used to transport cocoa beans and charcoal, which are stitched together and draped over architectural structures. For this exhibition, his first solo presentation in the UK, Mahama has created a new series of works including Non-Orientable Nkansa (2016), a monumental sculpture formed from stained wooden fragments.
An interest in civic activity has taken Mahama into the domain of bureaucratic information gathering and its simultaneous disposal. Municipal maps and archival documents – some on the verge of destruction, others recently made digital – are superimposed with imprints of civilian information, presented in a floor-to-ceiling installation in 9x9x9. In the auditorium, a dual projection film titled Exchange Exchanger (2017) traces the process of Mahama's production.