Mère double - Africalia 2016 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
Pour Freddy Tsimba, c’est une œuvre ouverte qui parle à n’importe quel citoyen du monde. En outre, en guise d’habit,
"Mère double" est parée d’une cartouchière, élément qui revêt un sens profond pour l'artiste, étant donné que c’est un objet qui retient les douilles.
"L’œuvre délivre un message fort dans la mesure où elle laisse à voir une femme enceinte faite avec des balles de Kalachnikov qu’on retrouve dans nos pays. Nous retrouvons ces armes en Afrique, alors qu’il n’existe aucune entreprise de fabrication d’armes sur le continent. Les budgets relatifs à l’achat de ces armes dépassent même ceux consacrés à l’éducation ou encore à l’agriculture. C’est un message lancé à nos pays afin de changer la donne ", a déclaré l’artiste.
(Patrick Ndungidi - ADIAC Congo, 16 juin 2016)
"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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