Artist Ekow Nimako explores African mythology, Lego brick by Lego brick
Artist Ekow Nimako presents his Lego-based installation Kumbei Saleh 3020 CE at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto on Nov. 21, 2019
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Article Author: Artist Ekow Nimako explores African mythology, Lego brick by Lego brick
Media Source: The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Date: 24 November 2019
Ekow Nimako is a Toronto artist who makes original sculptures from the plastic building blocks. His new work is an Afrocentric fantasy city of 100,000 pieces created for the Aga Khan Museum and mounted in the midst of the institution’s permanent collection of Islamic art. The piece, a low, walled city about the size of a pool…
Ekow Nimako is a Toronto artist who makes original sculptures from the plastic building blocks. His new work is an Afrocentric fantasy city of 100,000 pieces created for the Aga Khan Museum and mounted in the midst of the institution’s permanent collection of Islamic art. The piece, a low, walled city about the size of a pool table, is stuffed with fine architectural detail inspired by ancient African monuments but, from a distance, it also looks like the labyrinthine Death Star spaceship. The exhibition, Building Black: Civilisations, continues at the Aga Khan Museum until 23 February.