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100,000-piece gargantuan afrofuturist lego sculpture acquired by Aga Khan Museum
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'Kumbi Saleh 3020CE': Lego sculpture reimagines the medieval Mauritanian city
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'Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE': Lego sculpture reimagines the medieval Mauritanian city
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Ekow Nimako, Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE (2019) Connie Tsang
The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto has acquired a colossal sculpture made from 100,000 pieces of Lego by the Ghanian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako, who is known for his Afrofuturist reimaginings of Black histories built from Lego bricks.
The 30 sq-ft sculpture
Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE (2019) conceptually envisions the ancient trading town in Mauritania one thousand years in the future, as a vast and complex metropolis once again. Kumbi Saleh was the centre of the trans-Saharan trade route at the height of the Ghana Empire, boosting cultural diffusion between Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
The work was the centrepiece of Nimako’s 2019 solo exhibition