Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama: ‘Power is building structures, not visibility’
At the recently-concluded Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama repurposed detritus of colonial/postcolonial infrastructure to reconstruct his much-discussed Parliament of Ghosts installation. I had first seen this work at the 2023 Venice Biennale. In Kochi, at the disused Anand Warehouse in Mattancherry, his chamber represented unrealised futures of Ghanaian independence and development: jute bags once used … Read more