Contested Terrains is an exhibition in the Level 2 Gallery at the Tate Modern. It will be running until 16th October so you still have plenty of time to catch it. In 2012 it will relocate to the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, Nigeria.
I had never even noticed the Level 2 Gallery on my previous visits to the Tate Modern, it's easily overlooked if you simply follow the crowds in through either of the main entrances.
Contested Terrains featured work from 4 African artists. According to the programme the artists examine ideas of 'history and identity that in Africa have long been shaped by the claims and disputes of conflicting ideological and economic needs.'
I'm going to split the exhibition by country to save ending up with one massive long post.
Kader Attia, from France had a slide show of images playing in a loop. The images were a mix of before and after photos of repaired archaeological artifacts and then before and after photos of early cosmetic surgery performed on injured soldiers who had fought during the First World War
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