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The Art of Human Justice
Education Series
In partnership with Mount Royal University, Faculty of Arts, Contemporary Calgary introduces a digital education series on Art and Human Justice, with a specific focus on the work of Senegalese artist Omar Ba. The series is extended as a public program around the ongoing exhibition Same Dream by Omar Ba.
A 3D virtual tour of the Omar Ba exhibition has been designed to experience Ba’s multi-layered practice. Additionally, four interactive sessions (via Zoom) with Dr. Kelly Sundberg, MRU Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies and Contemporary Calgary’s curatorial team, have been organized to explore key insights into human justice and contemporary geopolitics in the work of Omar Ba. We invite educators and students to think, learn and debate with us.
Introduction Video
Open Discussions with Dr Kelly Sundberg
Week 1: February 17, 2021, 2PM
Week 2: February 24, 2021, 2PM
Week 3: March 3, 2021, 2PM
Week 4: March 10, 2021, 2PM
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About the Artist
Omar Ba (born 1977, Dakar, Senegal) lives and works between Dakar and Geneva. Ba has participated in numerous international group exhibitions, most recently at MAC Marseille, France (2018); the Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris (2017); BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium (2017); Ferme-Asile, Sion, Switzerland (2015); Hales Gallery, London, UK (2017, 2014); Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (2014); Biennale de Dakar, Senegal (2014); and Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland (2012), among others. Ba’s works can be found in private and public collections, including Credit Suisse, Switzerland; Fonds municipal d’art contemporain de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland; Fonds municipal d’art contemporain de la Ville de Paris; Centre national des arts plastiques, France; the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva; the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France; and the Louvre Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In 2011, Ba received the Swiss Art Award.
Omar Ba: In Conversation with Contemporary Calgary and The Power Plant
Join Contemporary Calgary and The Power Plant for a candid conversation between artist Omar Ba and curator Justine Kohleal as they discuss Ba’s practice from its early beginnings to current observations. Walking us through his studio in Dakar, Ba takes us behind the scenes, sharing his process and method of working, as well as insights into exhibition Same Dream, on view at Contemporary Calgary (17 September 2020 – 14 March 2021).
In this program Omar Ba and Associate Curator Nabila Abdel Nabi discussed the evolution of his work and his exhibition Same Dream at The Power Plant. The two expanded on the exhibition's themes such as the human spirit as well as the shared dreams and desires for the future. This conversation concluded with questions from the audience.