Abdoulaye Konaté

Abdoulaye Konaté (* 1953 in Diré , Mali ) is a Malian artist who is known for his textile installations.

life and work

Artwork "February 1998" in the Oriente subway station (Lisbon)

Konaté studied painting at the Institut National des Arts (INA) in Bamako and continued his studies at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. After graduating, he worked as a graphic designer at the Musée national du Mali in Bamako. In 1998 he was appointed director of the Bamako Palace of Culture . In 2002 he was made a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .

Konaté began his artistic career as a painter, but soon switched to installation art. His work can be read as direct commentary on social and ecological problems in Africa. Among other things, he dealt with the spread of the Sahel zone and later with the AIDS epidemic . Konaté's major exhibition participations were the touring exhibition Africa Remix (2004–2007) and documenta 12 in Kassel (2007), where his textile installation Gris-Gris pour Israel et la Palestine was shown.

Konaté lives in Bamako and is the director of the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers Multimedia there .

Exhibitions (selection)

2014: The Divine Comedy. Heaven, Hell, Purgatory from the perspective of African artists. Museum of Modern Art , Frankfurt am Main
2007: documenta 12 , Kassel

Web links

Abdoulaye Konaté on kunstaspekte.de

Individual evidence

^ Short biography for the exhibition The Healers in the exhibition program of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine .
↑ Konaté on Africa Remix with L'Initiation (2004)
^ Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. Materials by and about Abdoulaye Konaté in the documenta archive
^ Teacher at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers Multimedia. (Accessed February 2013.)
↑ Exhibition details ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 6, 2017. @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Konaté, Abdoulaye
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Konate, Abdoulaye (without diacritical marks)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Malian artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Diré

[1] Short biography for the exhibition The Healers in the exhibition program of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine .

[2] Konaté on Africa Remix with L'Initiation (2004)

[3] Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. Materials by and about Abdoulaye Konaté in the documenta archive

[4] Teacher at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers Multimedia. (Accessed February 2013.)

[5] Exhibition details ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 6, 2017. @1@ 2