Les Artistes Humanistes

10/06/2026

Art of Contemporary Africa

Memory is often understood as something fixed — a record of the past preserved in time.

Memory in Motion challenges that idea.
Throughout the exhibition, memory appears as something active and evolving.

It is carried through materials, traditions, identities, objects, stories, and relationships. It changes as it moves between generations, cultures, and lived experiences.

The artists featured in the exhibition explore memory not as a destination, but as a journey. Their works ask us to consider how the past continues to shape the present, and how today’s experiences become tomorrow’s memories



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03/06/2026

Art of Contemporary Africa

Can materials remember?
Across Memory in Motion, artists transform denim, reclaimed wood, found objects, metal, paint, and textiles into vessels of memory. These materials carry traces of histories, journeys, labour, culture, and lived experience.
By reimagining what is often overlooked, the artists remind us that memory is not only preserved through words—it is also embedded within the objects that surround us.



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01/06/2026

Art of Contemporary Africa

Memory in Motion introduces Mederic Turay.

What do we inherit from the past, and what do we carry into the future?

For Mederic Turay, memory is not a fixed archive. It is a living force—shaped by history, belief, imagination, and transformation.

Born in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Mederic Turay has developed a distinctive visual language that draws from Afrofuturism, African spiritual cosmologies, and contemporary culture. Through vibrant colour, layered surfaces, and symbolic imagery, his works create spaces where ancestral knowledge and contemporary experience coexist.

His practice explores the ways identities are continuously formed and reformed through memory. Histories, traditions, personal experiences, and imagined futures converge within his compositions, inviting viewers to consider the invisible threads that connect generations across time.

Within Memory in Motion, Mederic Turay’s work reflects the exhibition’s central premise: that memory is not something we simply inherit—it is something we actively construct. It evolves, adapts, and continues to shape how we understand ourselves and the world around us.

Hear directly from Mederic Turay as he shares insights into his practice and the ideas that inspire his work.

28/05/2026

Art of Contemporary Africa

Memory in Motion introduces the work of Ange Arthur Koua — an artist whose practice explores identity, memory, migration, and material expression through layered textiles and symbolic forms.
As part of this collective exhibition, Koua’s work contributes to a wider dialogue around how memory is carried, transformed, and reimagined through contemporary African art.
Memory in Motion: Identities, Materials and Resonances
📍 AOCA
🗓 2 May – 12 July 2026
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Art du Monde Foundation
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Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
Fondation Paris Saint-Germain
Fondation Louis Vuitton
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28/05/2026

Art of Contemporary Africa

Memory in Motion introduces the work of Ayanda Mabulu — a participating artist in Memory in Motion: Identities, Materials and Resonances, a collective exhibition exploring themes of memory, identity, and material expression within contemporary African art.

Alongside fellow participating artists, Ayanda Mabulu contributes to a broader conversation around cultural resonance, transformation, and contemporary artistic practice across the continent.

Memory in Motion: Identities, Materials and Resonances

📍 AOCA

🗓 2 May – 12 July 2026

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There are moments in contemporary practice where material and meaning become

inseparable.

Franck Kemkeng Noah’s work sits precisely within this intersection.

Form is not simply aesthetic — it is conceptual. It carries weight beyond what is immediately

visible.

Within Memory in Motion, this becomes part of a larger dialogue:

How do materials transmit memory?

And how does that transmission shape the way we read the work itself?



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