Yo-Yo Gonthier
Details
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.This artwork appears to be a detailed sketchbook page filled with various abstract and organic shapes, lines, and patterns. The dominant visual elements include the intricate, interconnected grid-like structures and the loosely sketched fish-like forms. The overall composition has a dynamic, almost chaotic energy, with the overlapping and intersecting elements creating a sense of visual depth and movement. The subject matter seems to depict a fantastical underwater or aquatic world, with the stylized fish shapes and the references to "le projet Haute-Yo" and "Un poisson de Planette" suggesting a conceptual exploration of marine life or aquatic themes. The artistic style and technique appear to be experimental and expressive, with the use of freehand sketching, scribbles, and a mix of geometric and organic forms. The overall impression is one of spontaneity and an investigation into the boundaries between abstract and figurative representation. The contextual information provided in the image, such as the dates and the mention of a "projet Haute-Yo", suggests that this work may be part of a larger artistic project or series, possibly exploring themes of nature, technology, and the relationship between humankind and the natural world. ...
Similar Artworks
Yo-Yo Gonthier
1974 , NigerYo-Yo Gonthier's art is freely inspired by the exploration in general: quests, discoveries and travels that are as much concrete as they are fantasised. By means of film, drawing, engraving, photography and performance, he invites us to a historical reading of forms and universal matters. Through both actions and symbols, forms lead to the rethinking of the dreaming state here and now, within its repetition or experience in different geographical sites. Yo-Yo Gonthier is a composer of lines, senses and sounds: the materiality of his works results from those. A paper print appears from an engraved object, as if it were photographed or pinned. Reproducibility testifies to a return to the essence of forms. ...
Yo-Yo Gonthier: Artworks
Galerie Cécile Fakhoury
Abidjan, Paris, DakarGalerie 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. ...