"An exhibition by Hassan Musa was held at the Brunei Gallery in London, featuring the artist's Mail Art and the personal collection of curator Elsbeth Court, who recently donated it to the SOAS, University of London, Archives and Special Collection. A careful selection of Musa's prints, illustrated books, and well-known textile-paintings accompanied the exhibition, together with videos of the artist at work.

In many ways this was no ordinary exhibition, not only due to the small scale of Mail Art densely displayed in the Foyle Special Collections section of the Brunei Gallery but also due to its content. It offered a personal insight into the nature of the artist and his social network, represented by correspondence dated from the 1990s up to the present day. Interestingly, this personal-micro dimension of the exhibition disguised a wider human and political..."

- Excerpt from the article by Helena Cantone, published in AFRICAN ARTS MAGAZINE (Spring 2020) 

Photos courtesy of E. Court and the Brunei Gallery