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and men without traditions, in fact
FRANCIS my paintings speak; they read, they
TCHIAKPE breathe and cry despite the courage
that the author (me) gives them. “What
I like about people is everything that is
beautiful. I do not do not stop at their
was born April 26th 1973 in Cotonou faults, I only take what interests me.
(Benin Republic Tchif, whose real name My art pushes me to ask questions, like
is Francis Nicaise Tchiakpe, is one of that, about the beauty of people and
the rare artists African contemporary to issue life hypotheses. I’m not always
art exhibits in the largest galleries in good with myself and that’s why I’m
abroad and in particular permanently trying to create ambiances in my art to
to the National Museum of African Art help me find solutions.
from the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington. He started his career as a
cartoonist for newspapers. Here is the
way he describes his own approach: “ LOT 58
In fact I do not paint not a painting; I
engrave an image, I write a story that La Vicieuse féte de Poisson...
reflects a story, that of my thought; seins melon ou citron jaune
from Gléhoué “(Ouidah) which means” The vicious fish festival...
house of Earth “ ; village of Benin, cradle breast melon or yellow lemon
of voodoo, slave landmark, I took the
earth (laterite) as a means of expression 2015
of my painting. And I do my works after Acrylic on Paper
several research on voodoo religion. (W55 x H75) 22 x 29 in.
These are works that are related to the Signed and Dated (Bottom Right)
pure African tradition, the expression of N450,000 - N550,000
a thought through culture of a people.
I paint me pictures with all the spirits while listening to the tam tam sound, the happy world of flying
birds that inspires me and gives the joy of living and liveliness through my paintings. But this would not
be for example the hidden power of African traditions? Of we, the Africans, once considered barbarians

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LOT 59
Aya Oba, 2015
Oil on Canvas
(W81 x H101) 32 x 40 in.
Signed and Dated (Bottom Right)
N850,000 - N1,000,000