Black History Month Florence

Divorando le Pietre is an exhibition by artist Georges Adéagbo (Benin) developed for the tenth edition of Black History Month Florence. The project is composed of a series of constellations realized by the artist in Florence, Rome and Venice just over a decade ago. Drawing upon the theme of this edition of Black History Month Florence, Tempo Rubato—a meditation on stolen time and histories, Divorando le Pietre draws its title from the saying Il tempo divora le pietre (time devours stones), pushing for a reflection on how time ignores the cycles that we associate with humanity. Employing complex understandings of collage which remix time and geography, the exhibition is a meditation on artistic and spiritual traditions as a disruption of long-held social and spiritual perceptions. (quoted from the curators' concept of the Black History Month Florence).