Documenter plutôt que commenter : pourquoi Reg’Art ?

Works are produced, exhibited, sold, dispersed. The texts that accompany them disappear along with the news feeds that carried them. What is not documented eventually drops out of art history. Reg’Art was born of this observation.

A magazine, not a news feed

Reg’Art is an independent magazine and curatorial space dedicated to contemporary African art. Rooted in Kinshasa, it develops a sovereign visual thinking and builds a reference archive of the major figures of Africa and its diasporas.

Reg’Art ne commente pas l’art, elle en documente la mémoire et la valeur d’autorité.

This stance has concrete consequences. Every artist published has a lasting profile, with their biography, works and labels. Every text places the works within a lineage, rather than reducing them to an event.

Four ways of reading

The magazine is organised into four sections. Empreinte follows archives, artistic lineages and the documentation of visual memory. Regard thinks through visual language via studio chronicles, art spaces and close readings of works. Rencontre opens dialogues and intersecting perspectives with the artists, curators and thinkers of the contemporary scene. Figure, finally, offers in-depth studies of an artist’s approach, influences and output.

From Kinshasa

Une lecture de la création contemporaine africaine depuis la scène kinoise. Ce point de vue est une méthode qui permet de regarder les œuvres de Lagos, de Nairobi ou de la diaspora avec les questions d’ici, et de rappeler que les centres de l’art ne se décrètent pas.

Artistes, curateurs ou chercheurs, la rédaction lit chaque proposition. Pour soumettre votre travail, envoyez un dossier PDF comprenant 4 œuvres au plus (précisant titre, dimensions et médium), une biographie ainsi qu’un texte d’intention.