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This imaginary place is based on the village the artist grew up in. In the artwork, he tried to improve it by giving it a stadium, a shopping center, a railway station, and skyscrapers. In reality, his village has none of these things. If you could reimagine your hometown, how would you make it different?
2019
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Bodys Isek Kingelez
Congolese, 1948–2015 4 works onlineVisionary artist Bodys Isek Kingelez created dazzling, intricate architectural sculptures that he called “extreme maquettes.” Born in the agricultural village of Kimbembele Ihunga in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1948, he came of age in a period of enormous political and social transformation.
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