Ibrahim Mahama wraps Barbican Centre in swathes of pink fabric "made by a lot of hands"

Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama collaborated with hundreds of craftspeople to create Purple Hibiscus, a handsewn installation of bespoke pink cloth covering the brutalist lakeside terrace of London's Barbican Centre. Purple Hibiscus is Mahama's first bright-coloured installation, finished in pink to contrast with London's "grey weather". "Why not pink?" he told Dezeen at the Barbican. "The

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