SACATETE HETEROTOPIA: Open studio with artist Opoku Mensah

Saturday, 28 December 2019, 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Pisaot artist-in-residence Opoku Mensah has spent six weeks creating new work.
This residency is supported by the Rei Foundation.
Sa Sa Art Projects, #47 St 350 (off 95)

Opoku Mensah has been walking around the different cities and looking for inspiration to make a sac that can sit on the head. He has taken inspiration from street vendors and the transportation of goods in the buzzing city of Phnom Penh. Displacement is a strong aspect of the artist's practice because he wants to raise awareness of our rate of consumption but most importantly, he seeks to understand the causes and effects of change in our globalizing world. The artist invites you to come and take part of his process in order to understand his exploration in detail. Mensah graduated from École Nationale Supérieure Beaux-Arts in 2017. He has since participated in the Post Graduate Residency at the Van Eyck Academie and been a guest lecturer in the department of sculpture at the University of Chiang Mai. He has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, notably the 1st Lagos Biennial for Contemporary Art Living on the Edge, Afriques Capitales at La Grande Halle de la Villette, and the Biennale of Dakar, International Exposition for Contemporary African Art. He had his first solo show Incantations Encounters at Chiang Mai University Art Gallery in 2018.