February 5th, the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno - CAAM - will host the MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART and more, a project by artist Meschac Gaba (Republic of Benin, Africa, 1961). This is the first exhibition dedicated to this artist, considered one of the most interesting creators in the contemporary art scene.

The MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART and more, arrives to CAAM coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the grancanarian art center. Both institutions, Gaba’s project and CAAM, arise from the same intention: to defend the free circulation of ideas and cultural diversity.

Gaba's museum has no fixed headquarters. It is a nomadic institution, inaugurated in 1997, when it was still just an idea. During the following years, the 12 rooms represented in the initial draft have acquired form thanks to the collaboration of museums and institutions of international reputation all over the world, that yielded their space and offered means to the artist to realise his intention. The last contribution, the Humanist Space, was presented during Documenta XI, in 2002.  

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