Zohra Opoku Releases C& Artist Edition #5 'Give Me Back My Black Dolls'
Contemporary And (C&) has launched its fifth artist edition, featuring Ghanaian-German artist Zohra Opoku. The edition, titled 'Give me back my black dolls'—a line from Léon-Gontran Damas's poem 'Limbé'—consists of 25 hand-silkscreened and hand-embroidered works, each created in Opoku's Accra studio. The image depicts Opoku as a child at her grandparents' farm in Spreewald, Germany, a place she describes as foundational to her identity. The work is part of a new body of work encouraging Black children to embrace themselves. Opoku is represented by Mariane Ibrahim Gallery (Chicago/Paris/Mexico City) and her work is held by institutions including Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Proceeds support the artist and C&'s future programming.
Key facts
- C& Artists' Editions #5 features Zohra Opoku.
- The edition is titled 'Give me back my black dolls'.
- 25 hand-silkscreened and hand-embroidered works were produced.
- The works were created in Opoku's studio in Accra.
- The image shows Opoku as a child at her grandparents' farm in Spreewald, Germany.
- The title quotes Léon-Gontran Damas's poem 'Limbé'.
- Opoku is represented by Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.
- Her work is in collections including Tate Modern and Centre Pompidou.
Entities
Artists
- Zohra Opoku
- Léon-Gontran Damas
Institutions
- Contemporary And (C&)
- Nubuke Foundation
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Haus der Kulturen der Welt
- Palais Populaire
- Cleveland Clinic Collection
- Royal Museum of Ontario
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Tate Modern
- Centre Pompidou
- Mariane Ibrahim Gallery
- C& (Contemporary And)
- Royal Ontario Museum
- C& Artists’ Editions
Locations
- Accra
- Ghana
- Spreewald
- Germany
- Chicago
- Paris
- Mexico City
- London
- Bilbao
- Cleveland
- Berlin
- East Germany