Pangaea: New Art From Africa and Latin America

LONDON - The Saatchi Gallery opens Pangaea: New Art From Africa and Latin America today (The 1st April).

The title is inspired from the prehistoric landmass that conjoined Africa and Latin America. The exhibition contains the work of 16 contemporary artists from these two continets.

Artists and their audiences' desire to discover fresh influences from a broader body of work has inspired the recent preoccupation of museums to broaden their Eurocentric collections.

Antonio Malta Campos’ bold paintings (image above) emerge from a single pattern and makes his style be recognisable, but also perceived as narrative.

The full scope of work on display in this exhibition, which includes new painting, photography, installation and sculpture, embodies this sense of diversity – a bubbling energy between the two great continents that were once Pangaea.

Pangaea: New Art From Africa and Latin America features work by Aboudia, Leonce Agbodjélou, Fredy Alzate, Antonio Malta Campos, Rafael Gómezbarros, David Koloane, José Lerma, Mário Macilau, Ibrahim Mahama, Dillon Marsh, Jose Carlos Martinat, Vincent Michea, Oscar Murillo, Alejandra Prieto, Boris Nzebo, Christian Rosa.