PORTRAITS YA KONGO
Group show - 01.07 > 09.08.2023
The exhibition showcases a selection of portraits by 12 artists from DR Congo, two of whom are being shown for the first time in France.
The works differ from the current mainstream trend in contemporary African art in which portraiture primarily aims to demarginalize Black communities and affirm their identity. Instead, the Congolese artists have more of an individual and singular take on portraiture.
Ranging from major popular figures to political portraits, and including portraits depicting social or personal subjects, the exhibited works perpetuate a very old and prolific genre; a genre not exhausted by photography and that continues to fulfil some of its historic functions: celebration, tribute, remembrance, as well as caricature and the depiction of feelings.
Steve BANDOMA (1981, DR Congo)
Amani BODO (1988, DR Congo)
Ngule FREEMAN (1999, DR Congo)
Gosette LUBONDO (1993, DR Congo)
Eli MADE (2003, DR Congo)
Francis MAMPUYA (1967, DR Congo)
Stanis MBWANGA (1982, DR Congo)
JP MIKA (1980, DR Congo)
MOKE FILS (1968, DR Congo)
Catheris MONDOMBO (1992, DR Congo)
Théo MWAMBA (1997, DR Congo)
Kura SHOMALI (1979, DR Congo)
STEVE BANDOMA
Little Trump, from Power series (2018)
150 x 110 cm
Mixed media on paper
AMANI BODO
Messi le roi Léo (2015)
Tous sapeurs ! series
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm
> See online
NGULE FREEMAN
JP Mika (2022)
127 x 87 cm
Graphite, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper
> See online
NGULE FREEMAN
Mfumu Lumumba (2023)
110 x 80 cm
Coloured pencils on paper
> See online
GOSETTE LUBONDO
Mme Djafar (2017)
Tala Ngai series
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g paper
Edition 2/3
Triptych 3 x (90 x 60 cm)
> See the series online
ELI MADE
Dans le masque (2023)
79 x 65 cm
Bleach on fabric
FRANCIS MAMPUYA
Portrait de Mampuya Ferdinand (2022)
85 x 63 cm
Acrylic on canvas
> See online
STANIS MBWANGA
Incredible but true (2023)
37 x 37 cm
Ceramic painting on porcelain
STANIS MBWANGA
What we lost (2023)
37 x 37 cm
Ceramic painting on porcelain
STANIS MBWANGA
Flood (2023)
45 x 45 cm
Ceramic painting on porcelain
STANIS MBWANGA
Sans titre (2023)
23 x 23 cm
Ceramic painting on porcelain
JP MIKA
Autoportrait à la nature (2014)
100 x 80 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Private collection
MOKE FILS
Moke fils peint Moke père (2008)
50 x 61 cm
Acrylic on canvas
CATHERIS MONDOMBO
Réparation (2022)
143 x 123 cm
Mixed media on used tarpaulin
> See online
THÉO MWAMBA
Etaleli ya furaha (2022)
Bana baluki mbongo series
100 x 80 cm
Oil and acrylic on canvas
> See online
THÉO MWAMBA
Mbembe (2022)
Bana baluki mbongo series
80 x 60 cm
Oil and acrylic on canvas
> See online
THÉO MWAMBA
Le grand Kallé (2023)
Nostalgie series
80 x 60 cm
Oil, acrylic and collage on canvas
> See online
KURA SHOMALI
Autorité morale (2021)
120 x 86 cm
Mixed media on paper
> See online