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Unmounted artwork. Mounting and/or framing available on request.
Dimensions :
76.8x68.9in
About this artwork
This painting depicts three Beninese street vendors (also known as 'mamas' or 'aunties'), a country where I lived for about five years in Cotonou. This canvas is inspired by my memories there, but also by what are called Guelede masks, which are non-religious masks that depict scenes of daily life through sculpture. Beneath the red bands that bind these three women are all sorts of different mask-like objects that tell their stories and protect them… from anyone who might harm them. This work is created using oil paints and oil and dry pastels.
Arthur de Laforcade, a self-taught Parisian artist, uses oil paint, pastels, acrylics, pencil, and spray paint, drawing on a rich background in West Africa, Asia, and now Brisbane. His style, at the crossroads of figurative and abstract expressionism, fuses the impulsive gestures of graffiti with a raw and instinctive body language. His works, somewhere between memory and dream, transcend the boundaries of reality to reveal inner peace and the energy of the soul, capturing the fleeting beauty of the moment.