Eric Magassa

Eric Magassa (Linköping 1972) is a Swedish multimedia artist based in Gothenburg, whose work explores the intersection of both his own personal identity (that being a fusion of Swedish, French, and Senegalese roots), with the greater (post)colonial narrative. With masks playing a central role since the very beginning of his career, the show revisits the idea that the mask is both a physical artefact, as well as symbolic of humanity’s complex psyche. Using fragments from archival images of stolen West African artefacts, Magassa reconstructs, distorts, and refurbishes these images into ten of his own vinyl mask collages, a process which simultaneously rewrites stolen narratives.

Works

Eric Magassa
Blues for Pablo I (2024)
42 x 29,7 cm (framed: 48 x 35 cm)

Eric Magassa
Blues for Pablo I (2024)
Collage, paper, acrylic paint/spray paint
42 x 29,7 cm (framed: 48 x 35 cm)
€ 1.500 / € 1.750 (+ wooden frame with optiwhite glass)
Eric Magassa
Blues for Pablo II (2024)
42 x 29,7 cm (framed: 48 x 35 cm)

Eric Magassa
Blues for Pablo II (2024)
Collage, paper, acrylic paint/spray paint
42 x 29,7 cm (framed: 48 x 35 cm)
€ 1.500 / € 1.750 (+ wooden frame with optiwhite glass)
Eric Magassa
Spells I (2022)
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)

Eric Magassa
Spells I (2022)
Vinyl film collage on spray painted paper
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)
€ 1.750 inclusive ash wood frame + museum glas
Eric Magassa
Spells II (2022)
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)

Eric Magassa
Spells II (2022)
Vinyl film collage on spray painted paper
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)
€ 1.750 inclusive ash wood frame + museum glas
Eric Magassa
Spells III (2022)
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)

Eric Magassa
Spells III (2022)
Vinyl film collage on spray painted paper
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)
€ 1.750 inclusive ash wood frame + museum glas
Eric Magassa
Spells IV (2022)
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)

Eric Magassa
Spells IV (2022)
Vinyl film collage on spray painted paper
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)
€ 1.750 inclusive ash wood frame + museum glas
Eric Magassa
Spells V (2022)
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)

Eric Magassa
Spells V (2022)
Vinyl film collage on spray painted paper
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)
€ 1.750 inclusive ash wood frame + museum glas
Eric Magassa
Spells VI (2022)
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)

Eric Magassa
Spells VI (2022)
Vinyl film collage on spray painted paper
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)
€ 1.750 inclusive ash wood frame + museum glas
Eric Magassa
Spells VII (2022)
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)

Eric Magassa
Spells VII (2022)
Vinyl film collage on spray painted paper
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)
€ 1.750 inclusive ash wood frame + museum glas
Eric Magassa
Spells IX (2022)
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)

Eric Magassa
Spells IX (2022)
Vinyl film collage on spray painted paper
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)
€ 1.750 inclusive ash wood frame + museum glas
Eric Magassa
Spells X (2022)
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)

Eric Magassa
Spells X (2022)
Vinyl film collage on spray painted paper
42 x 29,7 cm (Framed: 50 x 36 cm)
€ 1.750 inclusive ash wood frame + museum glas