This vibrant contemporary artwork features a whimsical, almost surreal composition. The canvas is dominated by bold, expressive brushstrokes in a striking palette of blues, reds, yellows, and greens. The central figure, with its elongated limbs and abstract, cartoonish features, appears to be engaged in a dynamic, playful movement. Smaller figures and shapes hover around the main subject, adding to the sense of motion and energy. The artist's distinctive style, characterized by playful distortion and a blend of representational and abstract elements, suggests a lighthearted and imaginative exploration of the human form and its relationship to the surrounding space. This piece likely reflects the artist's personal vision and interpretation of the human experience. ...
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. ...
