Pippa Hetherington and Mário Macilau
‘African Artist’
Mário Macilau, Untitled 1, from the series Cycle of Memories, 2019/2020. © Mário Macilau
Moderated by Julie Bonzon, 28 January 2021
What does the phrase ‘African artist’ mean today? What does this term imply? What does it omit? In this exchange, Pippa Hetherington and Mário Macilau debate the validity of this term and notions of ‘identity’, representation, and decolonisation in contemporary African art. Discover in this talk recent works produced by both artists and familiarise yourself with contemporary lens-based practices and narratives from Africa. This talk was part of the London Art Fair Edit online programme.
Pippa Hetherington, Clay cyanotype #1, 2020. © Pippa Hetherington
Mário Macilau
Pippa Hetherington