Cheikh Ndiaye

Cheikh Ndiaye

BornNationalityBased In
1970SenegaleseDakar
Biography

Cheikh Ndiaye’s work is guided by a singular look given to the informal, which is to him the source of his artistic practice. Retrieved from a lethal state, obsolete objects are brought back to life. The objects return to their material plenitude and are project into a renewed imaginary Cheikh Ndiaye’s world constantly reflects the origin of his research, the street. The painted views create openings and seem to traverse the opaque, dense and imposing exposed concrete wall. The everyday objects echo a tangible and established reality. However, the arrangements seem to veer from diverse spheres towards distant spaces and shifting times. The order of things through visible or concealed forms constantly reinvents itself to its limits. The unity of Cheikh Ndiaye’s work stems from the way he uses matter, recognizing its plurality. He materialises the idea of the porosity of substances, in relationships of alterity or otherness. He interlinks it in his pieces with the notion of deterioration, as if resisting omission. ...

Selected Artworks
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Busan Biennial2024 - Busan
Bienal de La Habana2019 - Havana
Dak’Art2018 - Dakar
Dak’Art2016 - Dakar
Venice Biennial2015 - Venice
Dak’Art2012 - Dakar
Dak’Art2010 - Dakar
Dak’Art2000 - Dakar
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