The artwork features bold, vibrant colors and dynamic shapes, creating a captivating visual composition. The central figure appears to be a human-like form enveloped in a swirling, abstract motif of yellow, pink, and gray tones. The artist has employed a unique mixed-media approach, combining paint, drawing, and collage elements to produce a striking, expressive work. The piece explores themes of identity, symbolism, and the interplay between the physical and the ethereal, reflecting the artist's distinctive style and conceptual exploration. ...
Maymouna Baradji builds constellations of people and memories that inhabit her. As a French-Malian artist who has lived in France since her birth, Baradji questions through her work notions of identity and reconnects with the richness of family memory. From ink and pen drawings to recompositions of images and photographs leading to collages, and working with sound and video practices, her work consists of telling snippets of stories, reuniting the disappeared with what has remained over time. ...
