Georges Adéagbo was born in Cotonou (Benin) in 1942 where he lives and works. His participation in the Venice International Art Biennial and in Kassel Documenta have also decreed his recognition internationally. Adéagbo is a “collector” who systematically collects and orders photographs, books, newspaper clippings, fabrics, objects trouvés assembled together with different criteria, depending on the context in which he works. The result is large “site specific” installations that fill the space with a heterogeneous plurality of signs, images and concepts in relation to each other with a clever play of meanings, correspondences and references.The relationship between Africa and Europe, the history of colonization, the drama of war and slavery, cultural cannibalism, religion, democracy and art are the themes dearest to Adeagbo who, interested in local stories and legendary heroes, stages evocative narratives whose meanings cross the boundaries of countries, cultures, eras, languages.