Meschac Gaba - Le Monde (exhibition)

Exhibition comprises works that he made for the recent Benin Biennale as well as an installation titled La Mode en Miniature. The latter takes the form of a shop of babies' and children's clothes, made in Cotonou, Benin, and displayed on painted dummies, also from Cotonou. At first glance, the installation appears childlike and sweet, yet a closer look reveals that the embroidered texts on the colourful clothes are violent, disturbing and disconcerting words and phrases, a reminder of children's vulnerability to certain phenomena in our society.

stevenson