This vibrant, abstract artwork features a dynamic composition with bold colors and expressive brushstrokes. The canvas is dominated by a central figure surrounded by various fantastical and surreal elements, including human-like forms, geometric shapes, and organic forms. The artist employs a playful, improvisational style that combines elements of expressionism, surrealism, and abstract expressionism. The overall effect is one of energy, imagination, and a sense of the subconscious. While the specific meaning may be open to interpretation, the work likely reflects the artist's personal vision and exploration 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. ...
