2009.241 2010.008 2010.009 HAZOUME
By Bree Richards
‘Everyday Magic’ September 2013
Hazoumè's assemblages (such as Wax Rasta, Nest Violeta and Liberte) are constructed from a range of discarded materials, including plastic containers used in the dangerous smuggling of petrol into Benin from neighbouring Nigeria. Hazoumè's 'recycling' refers to historical inequities in exchange between Africa and Europe — of slaves and traditional artefacts brought to Europe and the Americas over centuries. It also highlights the contemporary phenomenon of industrialised countries paying African nations to allow dumping of their waste. Hazoumè creates a subversive feedback loop within this system by recycling the waste as sculpture to be exhibited in (primarily) European galleries. The mask, beloved of the twentieth-century European avant-gardes, is a recurring form in the assemblages, which point to the interlinking of art history and colonial collecting.
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![Romuald Hazoume/ADAGP/Copyright Agency Artwork Wax Rasta this artwork made of Plastic, steel and fabric, created in 2009-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2009.241_001.jpg?itok=aK_E4Yij)
Wax Rasta 2009
- HAZOUME, Romuald - Creator
![Romuald Hazoume/ADAGP/Copyright Agency Artwork Nest Violeta this artwork made of Plastic, porcupine quills and fabric, created in 2009-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.009_001.jpg?itok=APNLbBBF)
Nest Violeta 2009
- HAZOUME, Romuald - Creator
![Romuald Hazoume/ADAGP/Copyright Agency Artwork Liberte this artwork made of Plastic, porcupine quills and fabric, created in 2009-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.008_001_0.jpg?itok=7J35jM_X)
Liberte 2009
- HAZOUME, Romuald - Creator
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