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Colonial Past (2018) Painting by Paul Yves Poumay
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Acrylic
on Canvas
- Dimensions Height 29.5in, Width 45.3in
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings from $20,000 Abstract
In the center of the canvas, the skull of this king, decorated with national colors, topped with a tribal hat, impaled on the spear of a hunter. This skull is directed to a stripped card, that of his stupid dream of impossible reign.
Above this skull, we guess an elephant, the one who was made believe that this little king would become his defense ...
At the right of the painting, we recognize the profile of a Man, a true, his eyes are directed in a direction diametrically reversed from the skull of this impaled king. This man refuses this type of society. This profile, sadly mine, resembles the stolen territory.
Colonial Past or the celebration of a shameful colonization.
The proceeds from the sale of this table will be paid for one or more African causes. www.awi.foundation
Il y a un peu plus de 150 ans, un souffle à l'échelle du temps, un petit homme, un roi, par l'entremise d'explorateurs, s'est approprié un territoire d'Afrique …
Au centre de la toile, le crâne de ce roi, décoré par des couleurs nationales, garni d'un chapeau tribal, empalé sur la lance d'un chasseur; il symbolise la honte. Ce crâne est dirigé vers une carte dépouillée, celle de son rêve stupide de règne impossible.
Au centre de la toile, on découvre un éléphant ... à qui on a fait croire que ce petit roi deviendrait sa défense ... L'éléphant transforme l'ordre du monde.
A droite, un Homme regarde dans un sens diamétralement inversé par rapport au crâne de ce roi empalé . Cet Homme refuse ce type de société. Ce profil, à la triste mine, ressemble au territoire volé.
La représentation d'une colonisation honteuse se transforme en un dialogue pour un futur équitable et respectable ...
Le produit de la vente de ce tableau sera versé au profit de causes africaines. www.awi.foundation.
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Paul Yves Poumay is a professional painter and photographer. He considers himself a contemporary primitive artist. Free provocative, skinned alive and yet incredibly optimistic, the work of Paul Yves Poumay has many intentions but it is mainly directed towards others. Qualified as a utopian, he expresses his indignation, linked to the corrosive power of money, by imposing his status as the most expensive contemporary artist in the world. He translates his questions through an offbeat expressionism, moving from very colorful to darker. He is an instinctive autodidact who, through art and the absurd, challenges the world of finance and calls into question the foundations of our organizations. It provokes reactions by denouncing in particular the societal aberrations that we are witnessing.
Paul Yves Poumay is the creator of the sculpture "The return of Don Quixote", estimated at more than two billion euros which will be donated to basic research within the ASBL AWI.
Paul Yves Poumay was born on June 15, 1969 in Verviers, Belgium. He lives and works in Spa (Belgium). He is represented by the gallery by The carlos reid gallery in Atlanta (USA) and Art nou milleni gallery in Barcelona (Spain)
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Nationality:
BELGIUM
- Date of birth : 1969
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Belgian Artists
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