The artwork displays a surreal and abstract composition, featuring a figure with elongated, distorted limbs against a hazy, monochromatic background. The colors are muted, predominantly in shades of gray, with accents of blue and red. The overall style appears expressionistic, with gestural brushstrokes and a dreamlike, almost unsettling quality. The subject matter suggests a narrative or symbolic representation, though the exact meaning remains open to interpretation. This piece likely reflects the artist's personal vision and exploration of the human form, blending figuration with elements of the subconscious or the imagination. ...
Zinkpè's paintings follow tortuous paths where the figures, halfway between human and animal, evoke games of power, masquerade or sex, no doubt alluding to the human comedy. His unique style is recognisable on canvas: intimate, powerful and provocative. As for his sculptures, they are sometimes made of rolled-up hessian and sometimes of small wooden figures fused together. These variations on the theme of twins in the beliefs of southern Benin are as many surprising explorations. ...
Founded in 2019 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris in a Haussmann-style setting, SEPTIEME opened its second space in September 2022 in Cotonou, Benin, in a 200m2 warehouse in the center of the city, to offer exhibitions in a new format to audiences in the West African sub-region. It made sense for SEPTIEME to deploy its vision spatially and to help push back the frontiers of contemporary art, as well as to contribute to the construction of new contemporary art strongholds. ...
