„Georges Adéagbo: La Culture et les Cultures – La Chine à Hambourg“
Opening Saturday February 13th, 4-8 pm

During the past two years, Adeagbo was invited twice by major Chinese institutions to their events- the Guangzouh Triennial 2008 and the Beijing Biennial 2010. In collaboration with Stephan Köhler-jointadventures.org Adeagbo developed concepts and studies, which as of today were never shown. Final agreements with the organizers failed not only concerning production and travel costs, parameters of lending and returning the work; above all the thematic freedom could not be guaranteed. Adeagbo and Köhler realized that elements relating to Tibet and the recent sentence of Liu Xiaobo could not be removed without turning from being a critical artist into a decorator.

The objects bought and commissioned in West Africa and Hamburg for a possible project in China, as well as excerpts from the correspondence, will be on view in this exhibition at Gallery Holzhauer in Hamburg.

In cooperation with Stephan Köhler – jointadventures.org

For more information, please visit the gallery's website.