HENRI ABRAHAM UNIVERS
"...His mission for the universal and his call for the unity of man and the world is constantly referenced by inscriptions throughout his works (“1 + 1 = 1”, “time is love”, “spider weaving thread of love”, “melanin found everywhere in all universes”, …); the theme of universalism returns again and again as a leitmotif which guides the painter in his life and in his work.
Between political satire (Black president); references to the cosmogony of the Dogon of Mali (The cat, the bird, and the calf); the sacred hornbill bird of the Senufo (mainly from the Ivory Coast) and allusions to the Mossi culture of his father, with its improbable blue Biiga (fertility doll) … the field of possibilities is wide and the artist explores it without reluctance!
Finishing his canvases, once the motif has been executed, with this seedling of stars which occupy all the vacant space, is...a form of priesthood for the artist. His work is unclassifiable as it breaks from the codes of fashion and current artistic trends. If he evokes Africa, he does not dedicate himself exclusively to it and the artist clearly shows his vocation for the universal with his work beyond time and space..."
Sylvain Sankalé
Art Critic
Dajar, Senegal
PRINCE GALLA GNOHITÉ
"...The « street children » of Prince Galla Gnohité are no longer afraid, they have fun and delight in the joys of their youth with all the spontaneity of this blessed time of life, carefree and cheerful, despite the ugliness of the world around them. The artist insists on capturing and preserving this happiness, this fullness, by referring to education, to the preparation of the adults of tomorrow.
In a swirl of large flat areas of primary and saturated colors (blue and yellow, mainly) whose playful character is reinforced by a myriad of dots and small circles of color, the main characters are sketched, suggested, schematized and perfectly recognizable for those who have seen children playing in the African sun and dust. The bicycle and its inevitable accidents and flat tires, the worn tires that we push, hoops for adults, to give the impression of driving a car, football, of course, but also struggle, or for the more relaxed, reading; a list of the daytime activities, themes of GNOHITE’s work.
This work is distinguished from that of its predecessors by that happy vitality that we perceive from the start and which makes you want to dance in the dust and lead children from all over the world in the farandole..."
Sylvain Sankalé
Art Critic
Dakar, Senegal
MÉNÉ
"...Dream World", the title given to this series is very consistent despite the apparent dissimilarities among the works. Is it a world the artist saw in a dream and hastened to transpose it on the canvas or is it the world he dreams of, but has never seen? No one will ever know if it's a vision of the past or of the future that it thus offers to our lust and to the lucubrations of our souls.
The colorful universe of Méné transports us and gives us so much pleasure, so many pretexts for sweet dreams that we are ready to follow, without thinking too much of the consequences, because we know his benevolence as a man and as an artist.
In this state of suspension of the active consciousness in which he engulfs us, crossing his universe brings us joy, strength and beauty and, somewhere, helps us to forget the real world that surrounds us and that makes us too rarely happy. Let us hasten to embark on this sweet ferry, like a boat on the limpid and quiet ocean and trust the rower, he knows the pitfalls, he knows the currents, he knows the way, he is initiate..."
Sylvain Sankalé
Art Critic
Dakar, Senegal
Videos de la Exposición
TIME IS LOVE - OOA Gallery
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