Tag: Myth

  • Myth, Masks, and LEGO: Ekow Nimako's Elaborate Afrofuturistic Sculptures

    Mythology, landscapes, and technology converge in the meticulous, Afrofuturistic sculptures of Ekow Nimako. Using thousands of black LEGO bricks, the Ghanaian-Canadian artist explores legends and folklore of the African diaspora, creating figurative embodiments of allegorical creatures and spiritual beings. Through a single, modular medium, he highlights a wide range of cultural phenomena, from graffiti writing read more

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  • Petrit Halilaj’s Opera of Kosovan Memory and Myth

    Art Review Through his fantastical vignettes, Halilaj suggests curiosity about others as a way to neutralize the forces that lead to difference-based violence. Installation view of Petrit Halilaj: An Opera Out of Time at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (© Petrit Halilaj, 2025 / mennour, Paris, ChertLüdde, Berlin and kurimanzutto, New York and Mexico City; photo Staatliche read more

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