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Romuald Hazoume

  • Skill Category: Painters
  • Present Address: Porto-Novo, Benin
  • Country: Benin
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Biography

Romuald Hazoumè (born 1962 in Porto Novo) is a Yoruba artist from the Republic of Bénin, best known for his work La Bouche du Roi, a reworking of the 1789 image of the slave ship Brookes. La Bouche du Roi was widely exhibited in the United Kingdom as part of the centenary remembrance of the Slave Trade Act 1807 by Parliament. He only uses recycled materials to create his works. Hazoumè is also known for his mask series, which he started in the mid-1980s. These masks, made from discarded gasoline canisters, resemble those used in traditional African culture and ceremonies. In explaining these works, Hazoumè has said: “I send back to the West that which belongs to them, that is to say, the refuse of consumer society that invades us every day.” Hazoumè is among the artists represented in The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi.

News / Ranking / Titbits / Awards

Awards and prizes: 2009 3rd Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow; 2007 Arnold-Bode-Preis, documenta 12, Kassel; 1996 George-Maciunas-Preis, Wiesbaden

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