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In the late 1970s, the Congolese sculptor Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948-2015) began crafting what he called “extreme maquettes,” fantastical buildings constructed out of whatever he could get his hands on. He built most of these—now on view at "City Dreams"—in the city of his birth, Kinshasa, then-Zaire, where he lived and worked as a teacher and museum conservator before becoming a full-time artist. "City Dreams" lists Kingelez’s materials (a small selection: paper, corrugated cardboard, styrofoam, bottle caps, metal grommets, ballpoint pen shafts) but suggests that there are further mysteries to his work. Out of these modest ingredients Kingelez creates a whole world, entirely his own.
Artist: Bodys Isek Kingelez Exhibition title: City Dreams Venue: MoMA, New York, US Date: May 26, 2018 – January 1, 2019 Photography: ©MoMA , all images copyrig
Figure majeure de la scène artistique africaine, Bodys Isek Kingelez est un plasticien congolais né en 1948 à Kimbembele Ihunga au Congo. Son œuvre se compose de sculptures/maquettes d’architecture puis de villes imaginaires et utopistes faites de papiers, de cartons, de plastiques et d’objets récupérés. Bodys Isek Kingelez décède en 2015 à Kinshasa.
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