An exhibition of works by Congolese artists paying tribute to Ambassador Luca Attanasio will open in Milan on 14 September. “Trois auteurs d’Histoire: Nelson Makengo, Georges Senga, Pamela Tulizo” is a project by ArtNoble Gallery, curated by Angelica Litta Modignani and realised in collaboration with the independent Congolese cultural association Picha and with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Embassy in Kinshasa, and Bocconi University in Milan. The exhibition, set up in the premises of the Milan gallery (Via Ponte di Legno, 9) will remain open until 28 October 2021.
An exhibition of works by Congolese artists paying tribute to Ambassador Luca Attanasio will open in Milan on 14 September. “Trois auteurs d’Histoire: Nelson Makengo, Georges Senga, Pamela Tulizo” is a project by ArtNoble Gallery, curated by Angelica Litta Modignani and realised in collaboration with the independent Congolese cultural association Picha and with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Embassy in Kinshasa, and Bocconi University in Milan. The exhibition, set up in the premises of the Milan gallery (Via Ponte di Legno, 9) will remain open until 28 October 2021.
The three artists, who come from three different cities (Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, and Goma), will dialogue in the exhibition, making their respective works interact, united by the medium of photography. The exhibition will be composed of the moving images of Nelson Makengo’s video Up at Night (2019), accompanied by an installation, Georges Senga’s photographic triptych Le Vide (2019), printed in large size, and Pamela Tulizo’s latest series of extremely reworked and therefore fantastic photographs. Among the exhibition’s themes are Kinshasa’s lack of power, the role of women in the Kivu region, and the exploitation of the country’s mineral resources.
Nelson Makengo was born in 1990 and lives and works in Kinshasa. He is a director, visual artist and producer. His work oscillates between contemporary art and cinema. Among other things, he participated in Berlinale Talents 2020 and was a jury member at the 2020 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA). Up at Night (2019), his sixth short film, won several awards, including Short Documentary at IDFA 2019 (Entered for the Oscars 2021), Dérives FIFF, Namur 2020, Fidadoc 2020, Best documentary Miradasdoc 2021 and has been screened in more than fifty prestigious international festivals and contemporary art institutions.
Georges Senga was born in 1983 in Lubumbashi. His photographic research revolves around the history and the stories revealed in “memory, identity and tradition”. In 2009, he won the special prize at the second edition of the African Photo Contest in Tarifa (Spain). He exhibited at the French Cultural Centre in Lubumbashi. In 2010, one of his series, Empreintes, was selected for the Lubumbashi Biennale. She has received various awards, including the Thamie Mnyele Awards (the Netherlands, 2019), DemoCrasee, Bamako Biennale (Mali 2017), CAP PRIZE – International Contemporary African Photography Award from the IAF Basel (Switzerland, 2017).
Pamela Tulizo, born in 1993 in Bukau, is a documentary photographer and artist based in Goma. After initially studying journalism, she attended a residency at the Market Photo Workshop photography school in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2019. Her work primarily focuses on expressions of female identity. Her recent series titled Double Identity won the 2020 Dior Photography & Visual Arts Award for Young Talents. Her work on women appeared at the Lubumbashi Biennale and in several projects such as ELLE equals IL Kinshasa, Congo Harlem in New York, Kinshasa. She is a contributor to Agency France-Presse.
