Omar Ba: Same Dream, Délit de Faciès 2 (2013), Dommages Collateraux (2014), Archive Nationale 2 (2017). Photography by Blaine Campbell, courtesy of Contemporary Calgary.
Hales is excited to announce the opening of Same Dream, a solo exhibition by Omar Ba on view at Contemporary Calgary until 31 January 2021.
Same Dream brings together several of Ba’s paintings depicting dictators and authority figures, who lead corrupt and violent regimes across the African continent and in other parts of the world, particularly where the legacies of colonialism persist. At times represented as hybrid beasts—part human, part animal— these despotic warlords are typically enveloped in an abundance of lush flora and fauna. Indeed, nature becomes a recurring force across Ba’s oeuvre.
Omar Ba
Same Dream
Contemporary Calgary
701 11 Street SW
Calgary
Canada
17 September 2020 - 31 January 2021
For more information please visit the Contemporary Calgary website here.