unsafe
The haunting images in this gallery reflect the legacy of colonialism and rapid social and political change in Africa over the past fifty years. They show us a world in which there is no safety, even as people try to move on from difficult histories. The same lack of safety is present in the bitter satires of Francisco de Goya some two hundred years earlier.
click on an image to discover more
(use the back arrow to return to the gallery)
Michael Armitage, The Chicken Thief, 2019
Diane Victor, Human Enclosure, 2005-2010
Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa, 2003
William Kentridge, Refugees (You Will Find No Other Seas), 2018
Francisco de Goya, Witches Sabbath, 1797-98
Dumile Feni, Township, ca. 1970
Francisco de Goya, Saturn devouring his Son, 1820 – 1823
Roméo Mivekannin, Le Colon, Afrique du Sud, 2020
Francisco de Goya , Garroted Man, ca. 1775-77
click on the image to test yourself!
