La Bouche du Roi: An Artwork by Romuald Hazoume
Multimedia exhibition by artist Romuald Hazoumé
Multimedia exhibition by Beninese artist Romuald Hazoumé, inspired by the Liverpool slave ship ‘The Brookes’, including 300 masks made from petrol cans.
Romuald Hazoumé was born in 1962 in Porto-Novo, in the Republic of Benin on the coast of West Africa, and now lives in Cotonou and works in Porto Novo. In the mid 1980s, he began sculptural experiments with the plastic jerry cans dangerously used to transport fuel around Benin. The resulting series of works received widespread acclaim, and has featured in numerous international exhibitions, from the Saatchi Gallery’s ‘Out of Africa’ to, most recently, the Menil Collection in Texas and ‘Africa Remix’ at the Hayward Gallery, London, Centre Pompidou, Paris and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
The exhibition runs until Sunday 15th July
La Bouche du Roi was acquired with the assistance of the Art Fund and the British Museum Friends.
A British Museum partnership UK project funded by Arts Council England with additional support through the generoisty of the Dorset Foundation.
Venue: Ferens Art Gallery
Date: 2nd June 2007
Time: See venue for opening times
Price: £Free
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