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topographies
THE ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN GALLERY
JUNE 10 – SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

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Those mountains of shadows and valleys of light from the Topographies Series, 2023.
Photo credit : LF Documentation
TOPOGRAPHIES
Solo exhibition
Curator: Leila Timmins

​Topographies is a new body of work by Winnipeg-based artist Anna Binta Diallo, exploring map-making and world building. Inspired by the rich visual histories and formal qualities of maps, this new installation explores the metaphoric and symbolic possibilities of representation. If a map is a translation of the important elements and characteristics of a particular place during a moment in time, this exhibition asks, what happens when the view is expanded? How do you contain a multitudes of perspectives across geographies, times and cultures? What richness is revealed through these layered forms of meaning-making?  
​
For Topographies Diallo employs a personal archive of historical and outdated maps to re-interpret them as the basis for a new body of sculptural works. Exploring the sedimentary layers that form various imagined terrains, the work builds from this concept of the earth’s striated formation as a metaphor for the layered histories, material cultures, and human/non-human flourishing that happens within a place over time. Using layers of Plexiglas, the hung panels form large-scale topographies, consisting of cut-out shapes, textures, and found imagery, interpreted as vertical landscapes that include fossilizations of visual information, and clues of human habitation. Employing the use of light, space, layering, and depth, these new works are a material departure from Diallo’s recent work, proposing new ways to convey a narrative that continues to expand on previous research on folklore, language, history, and transcultural identity. By assembling imagery from a diverse set of archival sources, this immersive installation maps a new world, evoking themes of place-making and stewardship, as well as the consequences of colonial histories and conquest, divisions, and ownership. Together, the works in Topographies explore how our perception of land and ground can transform, interwoven with our experiences and history, mutating and morphing like earth’s crust.


The artist gratefully acknowledges support from the Canada Council for the Arts for this exhibition.

​The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
72 Queen St.Civic Centre
Oshawa, ON, L1H 3Z3



topographies Exhibition Booklet

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Picture
Courtesy of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
TOPOGRAPHIES
ANNA BINTA DIALLO

Those mountains of shadows and valleys of light

2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
4 ft x  4 ft, 4 panels

Sediments and sky
From the Topographies Series
2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
3 ft x  3 ft, 3 panels

When the sun forgets
From the Topographies Series
2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
4 ft x 4 ft, 4 panels

Cyclical compounds
From the Topographies Series
2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
4 ft x  4 ft, 4 panels
Anna Binta Diallo

Fragile fossils
From the Topographies Series
2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
3 ft x  3 ft, 3 panels

Sinuous songs echoing through time
From the Topographies Series
2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
3 ft x  3 ft, 3 panels

An ornamental oasis of dunes
From the Topographies Series
2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
4 ft x  4 ft, 4 panels

Reveries on cliffs of clay
From the Topographies Series
2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
3 ft x  3 ft, 3 panels

Tectonic shifts
From the Topographies Series
2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
3 ft x  3 ft, 3 panels

A forecast of pastures, bluffs and bones
From the Topographies Series
2023
Digital collage printed on multilayered plexiglass
5 ft x  5 ft, 5 panels

Anna Binta Diallo is represented by Towards Gallery.
​For all inquiries, please contact [email protected]



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The artist gratefully acknowledges support from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Picture
  • 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
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