OtherNetwork • Renaissance Exhibition

Renaissance Exhibition

Host
Gallery Elle Lokko
Location
Accra
Date
15.08.2025 – 30.08.2025
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About

This body of work is one of our most personal yet a celebration of African craftsmanship and tailoring that has shaped not just our style, but our sense of identity. The Renaissance collection by Complex Department stands at the intersection of past and present, reimagining heritage through contemporary silhouettes and bold tailoring.

The exhibition will unfold as both a fashion presentation and a journey through memory. Archival photographs, carefully sourced from across the continent and spanning the late 1930s to the 1970s, will be woven into the space portraits of master tailors in roadside shops, seamstresses at their machines, ceremonial garments that carried the weight of tradition.
These images will stand alongside the Renaissance looks, creating a dialogue between history and modernity.

Through this pairing, we invite you to feel the textures of the past and see their reflection in today’s craftsmanship the sharp lines, the intricate detailing, the unapologetic expression of culture. It’s more than an exhibition; it’s a visual conversation about where we come from, and where we are going.

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Connections

Projects / Spaces

Gallery Elle Lokko

Individuals / Collectives

Adjoa Turkson