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NEW YORK - The biggest exhibition planned by Lowery Stokes Sims since curator of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City in 2007 will be held this month Opening. Simultaneously with Sims and Leslie King-Hammond, former Dean of the Maryland Institute College of Art, the exhibition will run from November 17 until May next year 15 days. The exhibition, titled "The Global Africa Project," includes works by over a hundred designers, craftspeople and artists whose boundaries are blurred here. Kossi Aguessy and Prototype's Damn !!! Chair, 2009 (left); Sakina M'Sa One of the 2010 collections (right) exhibition focuses on the introduction of designers based on African and African cultural heritage but the show itself goes Deeper, such as the traditional manual practices into the context of the global market. Exhibits include a group of furniture produced in Senegal by Bibi Seck in New York City, architectural designs by Mervyn Awon in Barbados and Andrew Lyght in Guyana, and murals of paper balls by artist Algernon Miller in Uganda on the obsolete Obama campaign brochure . Meredith Mendelssohn, an ART + AUCTION journalist with Louis Vuitton, a media company owned by ARTINFO, held discussions with Simm on this exhibition. Meredith Mendelssohn: Why did you decide to do such an exhibition at this time? Lowry Stokes Symme: Over the past few years, people are indeed looking for solutions to Africa's economic problems. The continent's designs and men's and women's handicrafts are slowly evolving, although some practitioners would argue that there is a lack of support from African governments. And since it is neither aid nor investment - much closer to the third approach: a small business model has become so important. Creators in remote areas are entering the global market. Yes, you see the participating "Gahaya Links weavers", bringing together Hutus and Tutsi widows in Rwanda and giving them a way to earn a living. They have a sales channel at Macy's and an own designer. So this is a coexistence of economic, commercial means and folk flavor. What is most surprising to viewers? Some of these works are nothing like African things. Among the units we call "Competing Globally" are works by Togolese-Brazilian Kossi Aguessy, who lived in Paris with Yves Saint Laurent and Cartier, In addition to the recent collection from Sakina M'Sa in the Comoros that lives in Paris. Just give these two examples. It seems the exhibition will give designers a grand occasion at home and abroad. Is there any commercial part of this? We are fully aware of this ingredient. The exhibition catalog is made up of a guidebook containing the website of each designer, artist or craftsman, among others. Working in museums related to designing and handicrafts is interesting because the way the two enter the market is far more direct than the way the paintings and sculptures enter the market. I was surprised to be able to talk about this again without any disgust.