"The first thing that hits you is the smell of the jute sacking arrayed on either side of the vast ballroom at 93 Mortimer Street in the heart of London's Fitzrovia. This is Ibrahim Mahama's Parliament of Ghosts, an installation that fills the room with colonial furniture, cushions and plinths evoking the artist's native Ghana and its past."
"The installation is the first to be shown in a new cultural centre in London, due to open on 15 October. It is housed across six floors of a historic Grade II-listed mansion that has previously served as a synagogue, a cultural centre and even a Galvanic Hospital. Now it is home to Ibraaz-a multi-disciplinary art space entirely funded by the Kamel Lazaar Foundation, a philanthropic organisation founded by the Swiss-Tunisian investment banker Kamel Lazaar."
The installation fills a vast ballroom at 93 Mortimer Street with jute sacking, colonial furniture, cushions and plinths evoking Ghana and its past as Ibrahim Mahama’s Parliament of Ghosts. The venue is a Grade II-listed mansion across six floors that previously served as a synagogue, a cultural centre and a Galvanic Hospital. Ibraaz is entirely funded by the Kamel Lazaar Foundation, founded by Swiss‑Tunisian banker Kamel Lazaar. Lina Lazaar is founder and vice-president; she studied at the London School of Economics, worked at Sotheby’s, founded Jeddah Art Week and relocated to London in 2021. Ibraaz will host talks, performances, film screenings and exhibitions and aims to engage North African, Arab and Muslim‑adjacent diasporic communities.
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