Jean-Christophe Maur

Jean-Christophe Maur works in international development. He also researches and writes about contemporary art with a focus on Africa, where he has traveled and worked extensively.

Art Review

Sammy Baloji Mines Congo’s Hidden Histories

By incorporating the colonial archive in his works, Baloji shows how the sinister apparatus of the “civilizing mission” led to the negation and erasure of Congo's past.

Art

Penny Siopis’s “Poetics of Vulnerability”

Siopis’s practice draws on many theoretical currents, but concept is not allowed to dominate matter or empty it of its tactile, sensuous appeal and, often, horror.