Bibliography and Exhibitions

MONOGRAPHS AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

Douala (Cameroun). Centre culturel français Blaise Cendrars.
GODDY LEYE.
December 6-20, 2008.
Solo exhibition. Video installation "Papa Forest".

GENERAL BOOKS AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

ACCRA (Ghana). National Museum of Ghana.
South Meets West.
November 10-December 5, 1999.
122 pp. exhib. cat., colro illus., checklist. Group exhibition curated by Bernard Fibicher with the intention of promoting cultural dialogue. Included: Jane Alexander, Fernando Alvim, Meschac Gaba, Tapfuma Gutsa, Atta Kwami, Goddy Leye, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Tracey Rose, Yinka Shonibare, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Yacouba Touré, Minnette Vari, Dominique Zinkpé. [Traveled to Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, April 6-June 25, 2000.] 4to, wraps.

BONN (Germany). IFA Gallerie.
Blick-Wechsel (Changing the Point of View): African Video Art.
2000.
Exhib. cat., numerous color illus. Texts by Beate Eckstein, Lydia Haustein and Marcel Odenbach. Artists include: Mawuli Afatsiawo (Ghana): videotapes from Kumasi combined with a piece produced in Bonn (in co-operation with the video studio of the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle des Bundes); Moshekwa Langa (South Africa / Amsterdam): multimedia installation; Goddy Leye (Cameroun): video installation and a combination of seemingly documentary video film and photos; Ingrid Mwangi (Kenya / Kunsthochschule Saarbrücken) awarded this year's "Marler Video-Kunst-Preis", presented her performance called "Regen," and was also represented by a sound /voice video installation and a video sculpture.

DAKAR (Senegal). la Biennale de l'Art African Contemporain.
DAK'ART 1998.
Paris: Cimaise, 1998.
116 pp. exhib. cat., color illus. Texts by Achille Bonito Oliva, Yacouba Konate, Mary Jane Jacob, Alfons Hug, Ali Louati, and Dominique Fontaine. Artists included: Aboudramane (Doumbouya), Jane Alexander, Fernando Alvim, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Willie Bester, Serigne Camara, Mansour Ciss, Tiébéna Dagnogo, Ousmane Ndiaye Dago, Charly D'Almeida, Tamsir Dia, Viyé Diba, Godfried Donkor, Tchale Figueira, Gottfried Kadjo, Kcho, Ibrahima Kebe, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Goddy Leye, Salifou Lindoun, Birame Ndiaye, Sam Nhlengethwa, Antonio Ole, Chéri Samba, Joseph Francis Sumegne, El Hadji (Sy), Barthélémy Toguo, Cyprien Tokoudagba, Carrie Mae Weems, Zinkpé, et al. A separate Salon for Textile Creativity included: participating artists from Senegal: Aftibas, Dione Aïssa, Diouf Amadou Diouma, Kane Claire, Ndiaye Sérigne, Sy Oumou, Traore Mariam. [Catalogue published as Cimaise Vol. 253 (April 1998)]. 4to (27 cm.), wraps.

DAKAR (Senegal). la Biennale de l'Art African Contemporain.
DAK'ART 2000.
Ed. Eric Koehler, 2000.
132 pp. exhib. cat., 91 color illus. Group exhibition. Included: Fernando Alvim (Togo), Soly Cisse, Charly D'Almeida, Mfon Essien, Samuel Fosso, Tracey Rose, Andries Botha, Fatma M'seddi Charfi, Hassan Darsi, Angele Etoundi Essamba, Mfon Essien, Mounir Fatmi, Amadou Camara Gueye, Jems Robert Koko Bi, Goddy Leye, Ndary Lo, Joel Mpah Dooh, Ali M'roivili, Birame Ndiaye, Ibou Ndoye, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Suzanne Ouedraogo, Younes Rahmoun, Bernadette Searle, Mamady Seydi, Barthélemy Toguo, Abderahmane Aidara, Kossi Assou, Madeleine Rachel Marietta Bombote, Issa Diabaté, Abdoul Aziz Diop, Cesar Dogbo, Daniele Diwouta-Kotto, Anna Jouga, Takite Kambou, Ola dele Kuku, Doris Christine Mian, Bounama Sall Ndiaye, Amadou Niang, Valerie Oka, Zoarinivo Razakaratrimo, Saliou Traoré, Jules Bertrand Wokam, Bili Bidjocka, Christine Chetty, Kay Hassan, Marc Latamie, Mohamed Ounouh, Ana Maria Pacheco, and Kofi Setordji (installation monument to the victims of genocide in Rwanda.) 4to (27 x 21 cm.), wraps.

DUSSELDORF (Germany). Kunst palast.
Afrika Remix/Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent.
July 24-November 7, 2004.
340 pp., 240 color plates, 80 b&w illus., map, biogs., bibliogs. The English lang. edition is abridged (224 pp.). Exhibition includes 137 works in all media by 88 artists from 25 African countries. The first broad overview of artistic activity on the African continent. Curators: Simon Njami and Marie-Laure Bernadac. Additional texts by Jean-Hubert Martin, David Elliott, Abdelwahab Meddeb, John Picton, Jean-Loup Amselle, Clementine Deliss, Manthia Diawara, Hudita Nura Mustafa, Bernard Müller. Artists include: Georges Adéagbo, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Sunday Jack Akpan, Jane Alexander, Fernando Alvim, El Anatsui, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Rui Assubuji, Toguo Barthélémy, Willie Bester, Berry Bickle, Bili Bidjocka, Andries Botha, Wim Botha, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Cheri Cherin, Loulou Chérinet, Soly Cissé, Ananias Leki Dago, Tracey Derrick, Allan DeSouza, Cheick Diallo, Dilomprizulike, Balthasar Faye, Samuel Fosso, Meschac Gaba, Gera (Mawi Mazgabu), Romuald Hazoumé, Jackson Hlungwani, Seydou Keita, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Abdoulaye Konaté, Moshekwa Langa, Goddy Leye, Georges Lilanga Di Nyama, Franck K. Lundangi, Goncalo Mabunda, Michele Magema, Abu-Bakarr Mansary, Julie Mehretu, Myriam Mihindou, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Hassan Musa, M'Dilo Mutima, Wangechi Mutu, Ingrid Mwangi, Douts Ndoye, Otobong Nkanga, Aimé Ntakiyica, Antonio Olé, Eileen Perrier, Tracey Rose, Cheri Samba, Yinka Shonibare, Joseph-Francis Sumegne, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Patrice Tchicaya, Guy Tillim, Barthélémy Toguo, Cyprien Tokoudagba, Fatimah Tuggar, Ernest Weangai, [Traveled to Hayward Gallery, London, February 10-April 17, 2005; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, May 25-August 15, 2005; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, May 27-August 31, 2006; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, October 14, 2006-January 14, 2007; Johannesburg Art Gallery, September-June, 2007; Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canarias.] [Note: the Japanese edition of the catalogue was far more substantial, containing 6 additional essays, a list of African art exhibitions in Japan, a bibliography and a CD-ROM. Oblong 4to (23.5 x 30 cm.), wraps.

FRIBOURG (Switzerland). Kunsthalle Fribourg.
Fiction Ou Realite.
2003.
Group exhibition. Included: Goddy Leye, Omer Fast, Senam Okudzeto.

HAVANA (Cuba). Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam/Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plasticas.
Bienal de la Habana VII.
November 15-December, 2000.
462 pp. exhib. cat., mostly color illus. In Spanish with one section of texts in English. Group exhibition. Included: Jane Alexander, Los Carpinteros, Albert Chong, Soly Cissé, Christopher Cozier, Viyé Diba, Godfried Donkor, Goddy Leye, Ndary Lo, Alida Martinez, Kcho, Olu Oguibe, Barbara Prézeau, Mamady Seydi, Iké Udé, Ever Fonseca, and special homage to Belkis Ayón. [Review: Nico Israel, "VII Bienal de la Habana," Artforum, February, 2001] 4to (25 cm.), wraps.

KANSAS CITY (KS). Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.
Electromediascope.
2002.
Group exhibition. Included: Goddy Leye.