Dimitri Fagbohoun: The Journey of Erzulie

Curated by Silvia Cirelli, the exhibition “The Journey of Erzulie“, explores the artistic path of this multifaceted artist, bringing together a selection of works including sculptures and installations.

With an incisive poetic force, Fagbohoun focuses on socio-cultural, identity and geopolitical issues, particularly representative of the complex African reality, mixing testimonies related to his cultural heritage. From the figure of Erzulie, and from the recognition of a deep-rooted collective contamination, the artist develops a path for the exhibition that turns into a real anthropological journey, an investigation into the various facets of interculturality.

Fagbohoun surprises with a lexical register capable of mixing voodoo attributions, Christian references, ancient suggestions, alchemical treasures and ritualistic African inspirations on western realities, touching on delicate but necessary topics, such as ethnic identity, hybridisation and the value of ancestral inheritance.