Contemporary West African art is celebrated from 2 June until 16 September at the City Art gallery with the We Face Forward exhibition. It's part of a city-wide series of cultural summer events celebrating the global and the local, exploring the links between Manchester and West Africa.
Also at the Whitworth Art Gallery and the Gallery of Costume, the Manchester Museum and the National Football Museum (when the latter opens on 8 July). Plus related gigs at Band on the Wall. It all looks and sounds really promising to me and I hope to get to see aspects of it over the coming summer weeks. BBC Manchester has a slide show of some of the art on show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18331535
Linking to ABC Wednesdays , this week it's the letter "W".
Thanks for this Chrissy. I must get into town to take in the exhibition.
ReplyDeleteThe City Art Gallery has late night opening on Thursdays, until 9 p.m. and the onl;y day it's closed is Monday.
DeleteThat colorful sunburst of flag colors is such a fine banner to draw the visitors in. I look forward to seeing more images from this exhibition over the summer.
ReplyDeleteThat is a spectacular banner. Sorry I won't be able to see the show.
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Magnificent banner, I love the colors!
ReplyDeleteIt's a kind of exhibition that I would love to visit!
Léia
Awesome! Great looking design for a flag.
ReplyDeleteYes, the design is actually the flags of west African countries strecthed out to make one new flag.
ReplyDeletei love that banner, and the building!
ReplyDeleteVery good idea for the letter W. The flag is really colourful... :-D
ReplyDeleteNice to live in a city big enough to have something like this to go to!
ReplyDeleteWonderful where alike is happening / possible. Thank you for the memories of a friend from Togo. Please have a good Thursday.
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