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Freddy Tsimba (1967), Series Rescapés, (Survivors series), no. 512. 2016. Melted casings, chains. Private collection. Photo J.-M. Vandyck © RMCA Tervuren.

Freddy Tsimba (1967), Réveil Sommeil (Revival Sleep). 2011. Scrap materials, found spoons, knives, and chair. Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon. Photo © Mathieu Lombard. Courtesy Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon.

Freddy Tsimba (1967), Croix (Cross). 2018. Scrap materials, mousetraps. ‘Les archives suédoises’ project. Kalmar, Konstmuseum, Sweden. Artist’s collection, Ghent.

Freddy Tsimba (1967), Dos (Back), no. 999. 2016. Chains. Private collection.

I will not give them my diamond, 2014. Scrap materials, found keys. Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon. Photo © Mathieu Lombard. Courtesy Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon.

Maison machettes (Machete house). 2012. Machetes, wood and metal. Artist’s collection, Kinshasa. Photo © Cédric Nzolo.

Les Oubliés du temps. Corps d’hommes (Forgotten by time. Men’s bodies), 2016. Scrap materials, keys, spoons, forks, scissors, bottle caps, mousetraps, casings. Artist’s collection, Kinshasa. Photo © Wonda-Mansia.

Freddy Tsimba (1967), Sans titre (Untitled) XV,
2007. Coffee and pigments on canvas. Collection Fondation Blachère, Apt. P FT 07 RDC 00.26E. Photo © Fondation Blachère.

Freddy Tsimba (1967), Encore un effort… (Give it another shot…), 2011. Scrap materials, found spoons and forks, iron. Collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon. Photo © Mathieu Lombard. Courtesy  collection Gervanne and Matthias Leridon.

Freddy Tsimba (1967), Les Amants du fort de Romainville (The lovers of Fort Romainville), no.
30010, 2020. Scrap materials, found forks and spoons, fencing. Artist’s collection, Kinshasa. Photo © Wonda-Mansia.

Freddy Tsimba (1967), Centres fermés, rêves
ouverts (Closed centres, open dreams), Tervuren, 2016. Rebar from the Tervuren construction site, spoons from Kinshasa. IL.2016.10, collection RMCA Tervuren; photo J. Van de Vyver © RMCA.

Freddy Tsimba (1967), Ombres (Shadows), Tervuren, 2016. 2016.45, collection RMCA, Tervuren; photo J. Van de Vyver © RMCA.

Freddy Tsimba © Atelier Chaillot, Paris

Freddy Tsimba
Photo © Renaud Barret

Freddy Tsimba
Photo © Renaud Barret

Jean Bofane

Guido Gryseels, General director AfricaMuseum
(landscape)
© Frank Abbeloos

Guido Gryseels, General director AfricaMuseum
(portrait)
© Frank Abbeloos

Bruno Verbergt, Operational director Public oriented services
(landscape)
© Frank Abbeloos

Bruno Verbergt, Operational director Public oriented services
(portrait)
© Frank Abbeloos

Guido Gryseels, General director AfricaMuseum
(portrait)
© C Dercon

The new Visitor's Pavilion
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

The new Visitor's Pavilion
© RMCA, Tervuren

View from the new Visitor's Pavilion
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

View from the new Visitor's Pavilion
© David Plas

The new Visitor's Pavilion
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

© David Plas

The rotunda
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Staircase
© David Plas

A view from the Introduction gallery: A Museum in motion
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view from the Introduction gallery: A Museum in motion
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view from the gallery Languages and Music
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

View of the long hall connecting the entrance pavilion to the restored museum building © RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view from the gallery Rituals and Ceremonies
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view from the gallery Rituals and Ceremonies
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view from the gallery Long History
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view from the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

The mounted giraffe in the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

The mounted elephant in the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view from the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

The Crocodile Room
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

The mounted giraffe in the gallery Landscapes and Biodiversity
© David Plas

View on the xylotheque in the gallery The Resource Paradox
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

View of the Taxolab
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Arsène Matton (1873-1953), Belgium brings civilisation to Congo, gilded bronze, 1922. With installation by A. Mpane & JP. Müller.
© JP. Müller

A view of the exhibition From the collection: Unrivalled art
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view of the exhibition From the collection: Unrivalled art
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view of the exhibition From the collection: Unrivalled art
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view of the exhibition From the collection: Unrivalled art
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view of the Mineral Cabinet
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

A view of the installation of Freddy Tsimba Centres fermés, rêves ouverts
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Aerial view of a (de)forested area in Bokito, Cameroun, in The Resource Paradox
© CIFOR, foto M. Edliadi

Adult Pericopsis elata in the gallery The Resource Paradox
© RMCA, Tervuren

Luba helmet mask, Luba. Katanga, D.R. Congo. Wood (Ricinodendron rautanenii), H 39 cm, inv. no. EO.0.0.23470
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Mbangu mask, Central Pende, Bandundu, D.R. Congo. Wood (Ricinodendron heudelotii), pigments and fibres, H. 27cm – W. 22cm, inv. no. EO.1959.15.18
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo R. Asselberghs

Pendant, Hungaan. D.R. Congo. 2nd quarter of the 19th century. Elephant ivory. Inv. no. EO.0.0.16707
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Mukanda mask, Yaka. D.R. Congo. 2nd quarter of the 20th century. Wood (Alstonia congensis). Inv. no. EO.1948.27.38
© RMCA, Tervuren,  photo Jo Van de Vijver

Zoomorphic slit drum,  D.R. Congo. Inv. no. MO.0.0.36413
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Anthropomophic coffin,  Ntomba, Wangatawa Ibongo, Equatorial region, D.R. Congo. Wood, fibre, pigments. Inv. no. EO.0.0.37340
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Sabu Bi Boti, Gyela lu Zauli mask,  Tibeita, Sassandra-Marahoué, Côte d'Ivoire. Guro. Late 20th century. Wood, paint, animal skin, cotton, synthetic fibre. Inv. no. EO.1999.18.73.
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo R. Asselberghs - F. Dehaen

Proverb string,  Maniema, D.R. Congo. Lega. Wood, plant fibre, cloth, leaf, seed pods, calabash. Inv. no. EO.1975.48.2
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Aimé Mpane (Kinshasa, DR Congo, °1968). New breath, or Burgeoning Congo, Nivelles, 2017. Wood, bronze, Collection RMCA, inv. no.2017.7.1
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Chéri Samba, Réorganisation, 2002, Collection RMCA, HO.0.1.3865. Rights reserved.

Aimé Ntakiyica, Histoire de famille. Arbre généalogique n°1, 2016. Glass and wool. Installation in the Afropea gallery. Collection RMCA, inv. no. 2017.6.1.
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Michèle Magema, Mémoires Hévéa, entre Histoire et histoires individuelles, 2015. Installation with portraits and drawings. Collection RMCA, inv.no. 2016.44.1
© Michèle Magema

Michèle Magema, Mémoires Hévéa, entre Histoire et histoires individuelles, 2015. Installation with portraits and drawings. Collection RMCA, inv.no. 2016.44.1
© Michèle Magema

Michèle Magema, Mémoires Hévéa, entre Histoire et histoires individuelles, 2015. Installation with portraits and drawings. Collection RMCA, inv.no. 2016.44.1
© Michèle Magema

Freddy Tsimba, Ombres (Shadows), 2016. Collection RMCA, inv. no. 2016.45.
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver

Iviart Izamba, Fauteuil Mobutu, 2010, Collection RMCA, 2011.54.1
© RMCA, Tervuren, photo Jo Van de Vijver