Romuald Hazoumè is remembered for work the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Romuald Hazoumè as Yoruba artist from the Republic of Bénin (born 1962).
Romuald Hazoumè was born at Porto-Novo in 1962. His recorded nationality is Benin.
Contemporary practice spans painting, photography, installation and digital media, with biennials and galleries setting reputations.
He worked as visual artist, sculptor and painter.
A painting outlives the argument about it, which is the only durable form of an artistic reputation.
That the work was made in Benin shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Romuald Hazoumè is still working, and the shape of the body of work is not yet settled.
