This vibrant contemporary artwork depicts a dynamic soccer match, with players in motion amid a field of colorful geometric shapes and patterns. The striking use of bold, contrasting colors - particularly the orange background and green pitch - creates a sense of energy and movement. The fragmented, collage-like composition, featuring overlapping figures and objects, suggests the fast-paced, unpredictable nature of the sport. The artist employs a unique visual style that merges realism and abstraction, highlighting the thrill and drama of the game. This work may comment on the global popularity of soccer and its ability to bring people together through shared experiences and passions. ...
Mariam Abouzid Souali's works plunge us into a universe linked to childhood: that of play. Alone or in groups, the artist's childlike figures evolve in landscapes of familiar architecture, yet always imbued with a disturbing strangeness.Motorway interchanges, mining fields, industrial ports seem to take on a new meaning through the cohabitation with those beings who are normally absent from them: children.The juxtaposition between these two worlds, the world of childhood play that the artist links to the rural world, and the world of liberal globalisation, allows Mariam Abouzid Souali to weave sensitive links and leads us to question the function of our multi-speed world, its inequalities of development and the destruction caused by the frantic race for development. ...
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. ...
