USA and Uganda Pavilions, Venice Biennale 2022

                        

 In the USA Pavilion, the artist Simone Leigh has created a series of sculptures exploring her African heritage. There are straw roofs, giant bronzes in the form of ancient tribal figurines, sphinxes and cowrie shells.
Meanwhile in Uganda's first exhibition at #BiennaleArte2022 Collin Sekajugo has manipulated stock images using paint, fabric and a sense of humour to make them more 'African'. It took me a while to work out that the reason the chap with the dreadlocks looked so familiar was because it was Richard Branson.
Location: Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

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