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Afran, Cameroonian artist: “I am totally open to new symbologies”
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Afran's Mushrooms, illustrating his work titled 'Artificial Paradises' at the Venice Biennale of Arts which runs until November.
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By: Isabelle Chenu Follow
Francis Nathan Abiamba, 35, better known as Afran, is one of the Cameroonian artists selected for the Venice Biennale of Arts.
Cameroon is participating for the first time in the Biennale, the largest artistic event in the world.
For several years, Afran has been working around the contemporary theme of hyper-connection, social networks and it is also through the networks that he was noticed and that he represents his country with other artists.
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