Applications are opened for Dak'Art 2010.

Dak'Art will take place from 7th of may to 7th of june 2010 in Dakar, Senegal.
Application documents of african or diaspora artists must reach the General Secretariat of the Biennale as soon as possible AND LATELY 31st of december 2009 .

Application Form and info at:
http://biennaledakar.org/candidature-dakart2010/candidature.htm



Aims of Dak'art

There are still very few African artists in the international market. The rules in this art market are set outside the African continent by experts whose perception of African art is still circumscribed within reductive thoughts.

The Biennale of Contemporary African Art aims at being a space of different prejudice-free visions on approaches and inspirations to analyse in relation to a plurality of influences from both immediate and farther sources. The environment itself is today characterised by its relative spatial limitations in spite of the strong influence of the immediate social environment.

DAK'ART provides an occasion to fight the propensity to be prejudiced about contemporary art as expressed by some African creators by giving the floor to a different category of experts working at other levels of the visual arts world who refuse to confine themselves within some certainties and are concerned about a certain ethic.

Some big sections are beginning to appreciate the art works presented by the Dakar Biennale for what it actually reflects and not for the image one would like it to reflect.

We must, henceforth nurture this creativity and encourage the creation of a better informed criticism in Africa to contribute to an analysis of art works approaches and techniques. It is precisely this twin structure which has caused a growing number of African artists to be known and liked throughout the world.