Owanto was the chosen artist to represent the Republic of Gabon in what was the nation’s first participation at the Venice Biennale. The curator of the artistic project was Fernando Francés from Spain, Director of the Contemporary Art Centre of Málaga (CAC Málaga), who strictly complied with the official theme of the project proposed by that year’s general artistic director Daniel Birnbaum, focused to emphasize the creative processes. Parting from this notion, Owanto’s work used scrap e… more