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Gonçalo Mabunda
Mozambican, b. 1975
Gonçalo Mabunda’s unsettling, totemic sculptures explore the political history of the artist’s home country of Mozambique, particularly the bloody civil war that gripped the country for more than 15 years. Mabunda repurposes the detritus of conflict—AK-47s, rockets, land mines, and shell casings, for example—turning these destructive objects into stunning masks, furniture, and other sculptures. Mabunda’s practice undermines the supremacy of war and forges a new tradition of beauty. His work calls to mind the modernist experiments of Georges Braque and Jean Dubuffet as well as the traditional arts of Africa. Mabunda has exhibited at the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Centre Pompidou, the Mori Art Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum. He was the first Mozambican artist to present at the Venice Biennale. 10 replies
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