‘Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’

Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts presents ‘Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’, a group exhibition exploring the cultural impact of the famous Nigerian musician and activist who died in 1997. Thirty-four artists will examine and respond to this cultural icon through approximately forty works of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, mixed media and sound installation, video, film, computer animation, and music. On view in our galleries from April 17 to July 4, 2004, Black President is organized by the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City.