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FOSSILES FLUIDES
​MUSÉE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN - montréal

Fluid fossils
An artwork by Anna Binta Diallo

Titled “Fluid Fossils”, the site specific mural employs Diallo’s hybrid characters to examine such themes as time, history and community.

From curator Lesley Johnstone’s text:

Anna Binta Diallo’s characters are inspired by found images that she traces by hand, evoking –explicitly or implicitly – a process of fossilization and preservation. Each has its own history; together, they create a community of great diversity. Time is at the heart of the mural: the time it takes to walk the length of the wall and reflect on the many moments that are represented; the anachronism of the silhouettes, from contemporary figures to those that seem to be antique sculptures or from Renaissance paintings. We are involved in a process of active looking as we move in close to view the details and step back to grasp the narrative arc. Diallo invites us to reflect on our own place in history and, more importantly, of the responsibility we bear to protect and celebrate the fragile heritage that was transmitted to us. We are encouraged to recognize that the objects, gestures, and materials that we produce in unfettered quantities today will become fossils in the future. Diallo asks what traces will be left for future generations.


Fluid fossils, which was created specifically for this public space, is composed of a series of silhouetted figures whose surfaces are a collage of patterns drawn from nature – fossils, stones, plant life, shells, water, clouds, snow, ice.


Presented at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal at Place Ville Marie from August 25, 2023, to March 31, 2024. 

MAC at Place Ville Marie
August 25th 2023 - March 31st 2024

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Fossiles fluides
Une oeuvre d'Anna Binta Diallo

Comissaire: Lesley Johnstone

Créée spécialement pour cet espace public, Fossiles fluides se compose d’une série de silhouettes humaines rendues par le collage de motifs tirés de la nature – des fossiles, des pierres, des végétaux, des coquillages, de l’eau, des nuages, de la neige, de la glace.

Présenté au Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal à la Place Ville Marie du 25 août 2023 au 31 mars 2024.

MAC à Place Ville Marie
25 août 2023 - 31 mars 2024
Anna Binta Diallo, Fossiles fluides, 2023. Mural presented at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal at Place Ville Marie from August 25, 2023, to March 31, 2024.
​© Anna Binta Diallo


Photo: Paul Litherland
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Fluid fossils - Titles

Eternal Estuaries
Stone Stories
Transcendent Tornado
Curious crops
Imprinted Infinities
Recaptured Reflections
Eroding Eras
Arid Auras
Midnight Mirage
Blooming Blades
Reef Rythms
Woven Whisper
Chromatic Corals
Pearl Potions
Submerged Secrets
Evaporated Earth
Mycelium Memories
Mystical Minerals /
Mystical Minerals /  Mycelium Memory 
From the “Fluid Fossil” Series, 2023
Fossiles fluides - titres 

Éternelles Estuaires
Récits en roches
Tornade Transcendante Cultures Curieuses
Empreintes éternelles
Ténèbres tissées
Réflexions Retrouvées
Ères Érodantes
Auras Arides
Mirage de Minuit
Pelouses Poussantes
Rythmes de Récifs
Coraux Chromatiques
Potions de Perle
Secrets Submergés
Terre Transpirante
Mémoire Mycélium
Minéraux Mystiques
Mémoire Mycélium
Minéraux Mystiques
De la série, Fossiles Fluides”, 2023

Anna Binta Diallo is represented by Towards Gallery.
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The artist gratefully acknowledges support from the Canada Council for the Arts.
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  • Work
    • PUBLIC ARTWORK >
      • OSCURA / 2025
      • SPECTRA / 2024
      • FOSSILES FLUIDES / 2023
      • SHAPESHIFTER / 2022
      • ERRANCES À VERDUN / 2022
      • LANDSCAPES / 2022
      • CIRCLE DANCE - DANSE EN CERCLE / 2022
      • FROM THE EARTH WE GROW / 2021
    • ART FAIRS >
      • PLURAL ART FAIR / 2024
      • ART TORONTO / 2023
      • PLURAL ART FAIR / 2023
      • ART TORONTO / 2022
    • SELECT MEDIA WORKS
    • FRONTIERS / 2024
    • PEFRORATIONS / 2024
    • TOPOGRAPHIES / 2023
    • RITUALS / 2023
    • Voyageur/Almanac / 2021-2023 >
      • VOYAGEUR / ALMANAC - BAMAKO ENCOUNTERS - 2023
      • VOYAGEUR / ALMANAC - DAKAR BIENNALE OFF - 2022
      • VOYAGEUR / ALMANAC - AGM / 2023
      • VOYAGEUR / ALMANAC - UWAG / 2022
      • VOYAGEUR / ALMANAC - TOWARDS 2022
      • VOYAGEUR / ALMANAC - CONTEMPORARY CALGARY / 2022
      • VOYAGEUR / ORBITS / ALMANAC / 2021
      • ALMANACS / 2020
    • WANDERINGS / 2021-2022 >
      • ERRANCES - UN RETOUR - MCCL / 2022
      • WANDERINGS - SOA GALLERY / 2021
      • WANDERINGS - MUSEUM LONDON / 2021
      • WANDERINGS / 2019-2022 >
        • WANDERINGS - ACCESS GALLERY / 2020
        • WANDERINGS 2020 / JOURNEY TO THE HEARTLANDS
        • WANDERINGS - À L'ÉPREUVE / 2020
        • WANDERINGS - CAPTURE / 2020
        • WANDERINGS - TOWARDS / 2019
        • WANDERINGS / 2019
        • HABITER LE MONDE / 2021
    • QUADrature / 2020
    • geographies of imagination / 2018
    • palimpseste / 2016
    • SELECTED ARCHIVE >
      • WORK / 2013-2017 >
        • neither nor / 2014
        • in between / 2013
      • WORK / 2010-2013 >
        • NEGOTIATIONS / 2013 >
          • negotiations / mfa thesis / book / 2013
          • negotiations II / 2013
          • negotiations I / 2012
        • NOSTALGIA / 2011 >
          • nostalgia videos / 2012
          • are these yours / 2012
          • nostalgia collages / 2011
      • WORK / 2010-2013 >
        • clouding the sky / 2014
        • cataclysmes / 2013
        • intimate places forbidden spaces / 2013
        • wallpaper / 2011
        • yobballem'a / 2010
      • WORK / 2004-2009 >
        • night adventures / 2009
        • poste restante / 2005
        • paintings / 2004-08
      • books / 2002-17
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