The painting features a vivid and expressive abstract composition, with a predominance of primary colors like red, yellow, and blue. The central figure appears to be a stylized human form, with elongated limbs and distorted features, suggesting a surreal or dreamlike quality. The artist has employed a mixture of techniques, including gestural brushstrokes, scribbles, and collage-like elements, creating a dynamic and energetic visual experience. The overall impression is one of a visceral, emotional, and introspective exploration of the human experience, reflecting the artist's unique artistic vision and style. ...
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. ...
