Roméo Mivekannin

About this episode

Alayo Akinkugbe interviews artist Roméo Mivekannin about his work and recent exhibition in Italy.

A conversation with Béninois artist Roméo Mivekannin, who works primarily in painting and installation. Roméo’s practice centres on marginalised Black figures in canonical European paintings, which he reimagines with his own self-portrait. His first exhibition in Italy, Black Mirror, at Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia is on until the 27th of July. It features a new series of paintings on black velvet, marking a new chapter in his practice. In this episode, Alayo and Roméo discuss subjec...

People in this episode

Host: Alayo Akinkugbe

Guest: Roméo Mivekannin

Topics covered

• Black art
• European paintings
• self-portrait
• marginalized figures
• installation art

Keywords

• Roméo Mivekannin
• Black Mirror
• Collezione Maramotti
• painting
• installation
• Black figures
• European art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Collezione Maramotti

Books & works: Black Mirror

Places: Reggio Emilia

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