This abstract painting features a vibrant collage-like composition with bold strokes of color and expressive human figures. The central focus is on several distorted nude forms, rendered in a whimsical, almost childlike style. The overall visual elements create a surreal and playful atmosphere, with a mixture of representational and abstract elements. The artist's loose, gestural technique and use of mixed media, including collage, suggest an exploration of spontaneity and the subconscious. This work likely reflects the artist's personal or social commentary, though the exact intention remains open to interpretation. ...
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. ...
