The Mix Art Gallery in Accra will on Friday 12th December 2025 open The Revenants, a contemporary art exhibition sponsored by Mr Adetoye Aguessy.
The show brings the Beninese, Ukrainian and French perspectives of artist Dimitri Fagbohoun to the fore and challenges long-held misconceptions about Vodun.
The exhibition presents a compelling body of work by the multidisciplinary artist whose practice interrogates identity, memory and the shifting lines between personal history and collective heritage.
Based in France, Fagbohoun draws from his plural background to examine tensions that emerge from geography, belonging and inherited cultural models. His sculptures, photographs and installations offer propositions that encourage viewers to rethink how identity and ancestral knowledge are framed.
In The Revenants, he deepens his engagement with artistic, historical and spiritual questions. The pieces invite audiences to reflect on their relationship with the diaspora, history and endogenous belief systems.
Curator Essé Dabla-Attikpo anchors the exhibition with a bold statement: “Vodun is not fixed, tame, or easily understood, it demands that we unlearn what we thought we knew.” Her approach urges audiences, collectors and institutions to re-evaluate old assumptions and to engage more thoughtfully with a knowledge system that deserves broader global attention.
Exhibition Highlights
Over 20 newly commissioned works created specifically for the exhibition
Immersive installations that explore materiality and spatial storytelling
About the Artist
Dimitri Fagbohoun was born in 1972 in Cotonou, Benin, to a Beninese father and a Ukrainian mother. He grew up in Cameroon before settling in France where he now lives and works. His themes and questions mirror his personal journey across geographic and artistic borders. His work is inseparable from his lived experience and plural identity.
Using sculpture, photography and installation, he explores identity and personal history in ways that interrogate the models that shape them. From this tension emerge new visions and forms.
About the Curator
Essé Dabla-Attikpo is a curator and art consultant whose practice focuses on West African contemporary art. With more than a decade of experience, she has managed and curated projects across Paris, Accra, Cotonou, Lagos, Berlin, Basel and Atlanta. Her work examines identity, diaspora and new narratives within African and African diasporic contexts.
Exhibition Information
Opening Reception: Friday 12 December 2025 at 6:30pm
Venue: The Mix Art Gallery, The Mix Design Hub, Okodan Road, Accra
Exhibition Run: 12 December 2025 to 6 January 2026
Admission: Free
