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Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 1
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Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 3
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 4
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 5
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 6
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 7
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 8
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 9
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 10
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 11
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 12
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 13
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 14
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 15
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 16
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 17
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 18
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 19
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 20
Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977) A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'. ((together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)) image 21
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Edson Chagas
(Angolan, born 1977)
A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'.

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4 – 17 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

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Edson Chagas (Angolan, born 1977)

A folio of twenty images from 'Luanda Encyclopaedic City'.
photographic prints on paper
68 x 48cm (26 3/4 x 18 7/8in).
(together with original 2013 Venice Biennale folio cover.)

Footnotes

Provenance
A private collection.

At the 2013 Venice Biennale Edson Chagas represented Angola at their first ever Venice pavilion entitled "Luanda, Encyclopaedic City" at the Palazzo Cini and was the winner of the 2013 Lion d'Or for the best national pavilion.

The photographs came from Edson's larger series 'Found Not Taken'.

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These works are Off Set Prints on paper.

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