This artwork features a visually striking and dynamic composition, with bold, expressive lines and a vibrant color palette. The central figure appears to be a surreal, anthropomorphic creature with exaggerated features and a disjointed, angular posture, conveying a sense of movement and energy. The background is rendered in a spontaneous, sketch-like manner, with scattered shapes and symbols that add to the work's surreal and fantastical quality. The style and technique employed suggest a playful, imaginative approach, characteristic of the artist's unique visual language. The historical context or the artist's intention behind this piece likely reflects a contemporary exploration of the human condition and its metaphysical dimensions. ...
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. ...
