Case de la Paix (House of Peace) (2014) Sculpture by Freddy Tsimba
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Original Artwork
Sculpture,
- Dimensions Dimensions are available on request
- Fit for outdoor? No, This artwork can not be displayed outdoor
"A contemporary addition will be made to ‘Trenches in Africa’ in the course of TAZ. The Congolese artist Freddy Tsimba – known for his large sculptures made using recycled material – will create the ‘House of Peace’ there, a site-specific work built entirely of machetes. Tsimba’s sculptural installations, made of empty shell cases, machetes and waste materials, are a direct indictment of war. ‘You have to work on the future with an eye to the past’, as he puts it."
(Source : kvs-be, 2014)
Photo : Vassily Kritis
"Even though I attended Kinshasa School of Fine Arts (les Beaux-Arts de Kinshasa), the streets were my real school. That’s where I got my game and inspiration. My real teachers were the forgers, the blacksmiths, from whom, for 5 long years, I learnt to tame the fire and mastered the technique of welding."
Freddy Tsimba is an artist-sculptor from the Democratic Republic of Congo, born in 1967 in Kinshasa
He is a master of assembling and welding of scraps, recycled materials like cartridges cases, machetes, spoons, forks, scissors, keys and other recovered materials with personal profound meaning to him.
His works are etched in the epoch we live in, as witnesses of Time.
“Being an artist, in my view, means not having things pass me by : as a visual artist, everything matters and holds interest for me and I have a say in things that happen around me, like politics or social issues. I draw lines of reflection on matters on which I haven’t found answers to. I provide food for thought. My work is a reflexive investigation”.
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Nationality:
CONGO - KINSHASA
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Congolese Artists
System K: a film not to be missed.
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