Exhibitions
Unseen Origins: the art that transforms waste into memory and color
A mosaic of sustainability: the recycled universe of Tagoe-Turkson and DOFF arrives in Sitges.
OOA Gallery presents Unseen Origins , a suggestive exhibition in duo with artists Patrick Tagoe-Turkson (Ghana) and DOFF (Chad). In dialogue with the Sitges Recicl'Art Festival 2025, the exhibition delves into issues of sustainability, cultural memory and transformation through the creative use of recycled materials.
Among the artists selected for Recicl'Art, Patrick Tagoe-Turkson and DOFF share unique yet complementary perspectives on environmental awareness and creative reuse. Their joint exhibition at OOA Gallery invites the public to delve deeper into contemporary African artistic practices, strongly rooted in ecological sensibilities.
DOFF, Black Bayon Darkness, 2024.
An exhibition at the OOA Gallery in Sitges that can be visited until September 21. Patrick Tagoe-Turkson, a multidisciplinary artist born in 1978 in Winneba (Ghana) and based in Takoradi, on the shores of the Atlantic, stands out for his vision capable of turning the forgotten into beauty. With a unique sensitivity, he gives new life to plastic waste —especially rubber espadrilles washed up by the sea on the beaches of Ghana— and transforms them into creations full of color and vitality, which resonate as metaphors of resistance and rebirth.
DOFF (Apollinaire Guidimbaye) is a pioneering artist from Chad who reinvents waste as a source of strength and meaning. Using burnt tire wires, bullet casings, and industrial materials like paxalu, he constructs powerful mixed media pieces that challenge social and environmental injustice.
Patrick Tagoe-Turkson, Otwihoma, 2023.
Art, sustainability and culture come together in Unseen Origins where there is a connection with the viewer with an artistic narrative that unites eco-activism and creativity through recycled materials. Sitges Recicl'Art 2025 was the 8th edition of the Recycling and Responsible Art festival, premiered in a biennial format and organized in Sitges. It was held until September 21 on the ground floor of the Miramar – Cultural Center, with a collective exhibition of more than 60 works created with recycled materials by about thirty artists from different origins.
