![Omar Ba, <em>Afrique, pillage, arbres, richesse [Africa, Looting, Trees, Wealth]</em>, 2014. Oil, gouache, ink and crayon on corrugated cardboard. Collection MMFA, purchase of Horsley and Annie Townsend Bequest. Photo: MMFA, Christine Guest. © Omar Ba. Courtesy the artist and Hales Gallery.](https://canadianart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/emailing.jpg)
Omar Ba, Afrique, pillage, arbres, richesse [Africa, Looting, Trees, Wealth], 2014. Oil, gouache, ink and crayon on corrugated cardboard. Collection of MMFA, purchase of Horsley and Annie Townsend Bequest. Photo: MMFA, Christine Guest. © Omar Ba. Courtesy the artist and Hales Gallery.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1380 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec
Date
Curator
Nabila Abdel Nabi, Mary-Dailey Desmarais
The first Canadian solo exhibition dedicated to Omar Ba, “Same Dream” showcases a selection of Ba’s major works and a mural created in situ. His work is at once a bold critique of tyranny, a celebration of the strength of the human spirit and an ode to the resilience of the world’s youth.
