Eva Diallo

Eva Diallo's visual narratives develop around an aesthetic of fragments and anecdotes. The artist evolves on the margins of the subject, capturing moments and details which contribute to a sensitive understanding of aesthetic issues. Faced with the question of how to represent an experience as complex as that of migration, Eva Diallo chooses to evolve on the border between art and documentary. His serial work weaves networks of meaning which echo from one work to another and which require us to take the time to read what we see. To the hasty consumption of images often generated around these current topics, Eva Diallo prefers the poetic exercise of deciphering as an incitement to the imagination, the only one capable of grasping with richness and far from clichés, the multiple facets of our contemporary experiences. ...

Galerie Cecile Fakhoury opened its doors in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in September 2012. In May 2018, the gallery inaugurated its second space in Dakar, Senegal and a showroom in Paris, France. Shortly after, in March 2020, a new project space dedicated to emerging artists from Africa opened in Abidjan. In October 2021, Galerie Cecile Fakhoury inaugurated another gallery, opening in the 8th arrondissement of Paris on Avenue Matignon. The gallery promotes contemporary art from Africa and the Diaspora by providing visibility to the artistic diversity and creative spirit from the continent. Through its programming of solo and group exhibitions, participation in international art fairs, biennales, and collaboration with international galleries, Cecile Fakhoury is a leading force putting contemporary African art on the global map. The artists represented by the gallery are distinguished by their cultural identities and stories, they create a new language that crosses geographical boundaries and familiarities. They are observers of the world they live in, critics of society, and committed to their positions living within complex histories. In turn, they ask us to reconsider our own relation to the world. ...