* 1942 in Cotonou, Benin
lives in Cotonou and Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Georges Ad\u00e9agbo describes himself as an African ethnologist, collector and tracker. His assemblages correspond to a non-hierarchical arrangement of things in the juxtaposition of high and low, African and Western culture, kitsch and philosophy. In the juxtaposition of different objects, he refers to the traces of the colonial past, as well as media phenomena and contemporary\r\nracism. At the same time, he reflects, not without irony, on being an artist as such, on the art market and his own identity as an African artist.\r\nIn 1999, Ad\u00e9agbo was the first African artist to be awarded the jury prize at the Venice Biennale. His work is represented in international exhibitions, e.g. at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the MAK in Vienna and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Ad\u00e9agbo participated in documenta 11 and the biennials in Johannesburg, S\u00e3o Paulo and Dakar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
photo \u00a9 Stefan K\u00f6hler<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n