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Angolan photographer (born 1977)

Edson Chagas (born 1977) is an Angolan photographer. Trained as a photojournalist, his works explore cities and consumerism. His Found Not Taken series resituates abandoned objects elsewhere within cities. His other large-format photograph series play on tropes related to African masks. Oikonomos consists of self-portraits of Chagas with shopping bags over his head as symbols of consumerism in Luanda, his home city. The passport-style photographs of Tipo Passe show models wearing nondescript, contemporary clothes and traditional African masks.

Chagas represented Angola at the 2013 Venice Biennale, for which he won its Golden Lion for best national pavilion. His works have also exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Brooklyn Museum.

Early life

Edson Chagas was born in Luanda, Angola, in 1977. His father studied aeronautics and his mother worked at a supermarket. Chagas and his brother were raised in Maianga, where his immediate family continues to live. He lived through the Angolan Civil War and recalled the need to be resourceful due to scarcity of goods. His father sent him and his brother to Portugal for safety during the war, where they moved several times. Chagas wanted to train as a cameraman but the class was focused on photography, not video. He began taking photos with his grandmother's compact camera and photography became a means for Chagas to understand himself, communicate, and stimulate thoughts about memories. Chagas moved to the United Kingdom and received a degree in photojournalism from the London College of Communication. He also studied documentary photography at the University of Wales, Newport. He said it took him many years to decide to professionalize as a photographer and began to transition from photojournalism to art

Tate's decision to expand their collection of African art was noted among curators as well as private collectors, and is widely seen to have contributed substantially to the current buzz about African art.

Bonhams in London is the only auction house with an annual sale dedicated to contemporary African art - the first auction was five years ago.

"After years of having to push at closed doors, the recent sale in May felt like a breakthrough," says Giles Peppiatt, director of Bonhams' African Art department.

According to Mr Peppiatt there was a lot of interest from museums and private buyers in Europe and the United States, but also from Africa, especially Nigeria.

"People are much more interested in Africa commercially. The continent is seen as the next big thing, and there is an enormous amount of wealth among Africans."

Compared to contemporary art from other parts of the world, the prices for African art are still quite modest, and investors are seeing it increasingly as a good investment.

Edson Chagas ( ụtụ 1977) bụ onye ese foto Angola.  A foto azụ dị ka onye na-ese, ọrụ ya na-egosi obodo na akara .  N'usoro ya "Achọtaghị ya", onye na-ese ihe na-ama ihe ndị gbaghapụrụ agbahapụ n'ebe ọzọ n'ime obodo.  Usoro ọzọ na-eji ihe ozi ndị ọzọ Africa dị ka trope maka njikwa akara na Luanda, obodo ya.  Chagas nọchitere anya Angola na 2013 Venice Biennale, nke o meri ya Golden Lion maka pavilion mba kacha mma.  O gosila ihe ngosi na Museum of Modern Art na Brooklyn Museum .

Ndụ mbido

Edson Chagas enyi na Luanda, Angola, na 1977. [1] O nwere akara ugo ahọpụta na fotojournalism site na London College of Communication wee six foto akwụkwọ na Mahadum Wales, Newport .  Dị ka nke 2015, ọ na-mịda na-ebi na Luanda ma na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye nchịkọta ihe oyiyi maka Expansão, akwụkwọ akwụkwọ Angolan.

Ọrụ

Chagas nọchitere anya Angola na pavilion mba mbụ nke Venice Biennale na 2013, nke Paula Nascimento na Stephano Rabolli Pansera mere.  Ngosipụta ya etinyere n'ala inye onyinye, foto ndị nwere nnukwu akwụkwọ mmado nke ihe ndị a tụfuru atụfuru etinyere n'ihe gbasara ihe owuwu nke ihu igwe na isi obodo Angola, Luanda .  [1] Mpempe akwụkwọ mmado ndị a nọ na "juxtaposition siri ike" na-akpọ ihe mma iwe nke ndị ọbịa, Palazzo Cini, [1] nke emechirila akwụkwọ iri abụọ gara aga.  [1] Akwụkwọ New York Times gosiri pavilion ahụ "kpakpando na-agbawa agbawa" nke Biennale, wee nweta ihe nrite ihi elu nke afọ abụọ, Ọdụm Ọdụm maka pavilion mba kacha mma.  [1] Ndị juri ahụ toro amụma ya nke "ihe ike na eserese anya nke saịtị".  [1] Frieze dere na pavilion ahụ pịa "Ụbụrụ na mbara igwe, ... na-anabata ihe ndị gbara ya gburugburu na ụlọ akwụkwọ gabiga na diplomacy na imeziwanye ihe ọzọ", dị ka ụlọ ọrụ mba Africa ndị ọzọ dị.  [1] Artsy ' Giles Peppiatt ụzọ a dị ka ihe ngosi na nzụta nkwado na 2014 1:54 ngwere nka nke Africa.

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