"It takes a village to raise a child."
African proverb
What lay under the silver tree? This is the question. Let us try to find answers, if there are any to be found.
For this solo exhibit, Mo Baala offers his very own perspective on a sensitive and key topic: Childhood. Through both his artistic practice and his artist statement, “Me and the Dirty Notebooks,” he synthesizes and presents existing knowledge about this theme in provocative ways.
For the first time, this solo exhibit encompasses all of the artist’s mediums and features innovative uses of materials. Baala incorporates strikingly bold, shimmering, anthropomorphic elements on his artworks spanning from paper cutouts and collages, to drawings of various sizes, to large-scale textiles, terracotta ceramics, writings and works on canvas. All are equally populated with characters and objects, bearing witness to historical and political events, as well as philosophical and literary references.
Excerpt form Aniko Boehler's text
"Unlocking the heart of Mo Baala exhibition : Under the Silver Tree"