Applique Lumineuse "Capsule

Jean Servais Somian

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Biography

Inspired by many years spent between Africa and Europe, Jean Servais Somian claims in his work an approach rich with influences, hybrid and fluid. He draws from an ancestral culture the forms of certain objects of African daily life which he reinterprets through refined lines and touches of colour and materials that have become characteristic of his work. Basins, totem trees, pirogues are transformed under the gaze of the designer into stools, bookcases and benches whose wood (coconut, ebony, or amazaque) completes the tribute to the richness of the African lands that saw them born. All the objects are designed and made in Côte d'Ivoire where Jean Servais Somian opened his design studios in 2018, one in Grand Bassam for the sculpture of the pieces, the other in Abidjan for cabinet-making. He favours the singular character of each of his creations and develops an aesthetic reflection at the crossroads of art and design. Each of his objects produced in very small quantities retains its original utilitarian and functional dimension, while the plastic design work of the pieces builds eloquent visual bridges with contemporary sculpture. ...

Selected Artworks
Applique Lumineuse "Capsule
Jean Servais Somian
Applique Lumineuse "Capsule, 2019
82 x 82cm
Banc "Faut libérer les petits
Jean Servais Somian
Banc "Faut libérer les petits, 2019
Coffre-Console " Babi Bassam
Jean Servais Somian
Coffre-Console " Babi Bassam, 2019
Installation murale"Constellation
Jean Servais Somian
Installation murale"Constellation, 2019
Jackie et Papy à Babi
Jean Servais Somian
Jackie et Papy à Babi, 2019
42 x 32 x 20cm
Ma princesse Bassamoise
Jean Servais Somian
Ma princesse Bassamoise, 2019
90 x 120cm
Migration Stellaire
Tabouret "Célébration
Jean Servais Somian
Tabouret "Célébration, 2019
Tabouret "Cosmos I
Tabouret "Cosmos II
Tabouret "Euphoresia
Tabouret "Origine
Tapis "Claquettes
Jean Servais Somian
Tapis "Claquettes, 2019
400 x 139cm
Tronc"Hibiscus mon amour"
Jean Servais Somian
Tronc"Hibiscus mon amour", 2019
Tronc"Nouveau Monde
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