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Series TitleAfter Schengen

Artist Kongo Astronauts (Congolese and French, founded 2013)

Date2019

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsMount (Dibond): 44 × 59 inches (111.76 × 149.86 cm)

Credit LineGift of Kongo Astronauts and Axis Gallery, NY & NJ

Object number2024.51

Edition/State/Proofed. 1/3 of 3+2 AP

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

DescriptionThis colored image depicts a man in a makeshift astronaut’s helmet. Pictures from the shoulders up, the man’s face can be seen through the helmet’s window. He wears a serious expression as his eyes look directly at the viewer. Behind him, large monitors are alight with small, illuminated screens and buttons.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

College of Visual Arts and Design Galleries, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. “Congo Gravitational Waves // A Metadigital & Tantalean Tale,” 2022.

Provenance

Kongo Astronauts, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024 [1];

Purchased from Kongo Astronauts, through Axis Gallery, West Orange, New Jersey, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.

NOTES:

[1] This image was captured in 2019 and printed in 2024.

Published References

Rob La Frenais and Ewen Chadronnet, “Space Without Rockets,” (Gers, France: UV Éditions, 2022).

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