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Materials:

paint and pigments on hand carved wood

Size Notes:

each

Description:

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Markings:

each signed, inscribed with title, numbered and dated '2014' (verso)

Exhibited:

Brussels, Nomad Gallery, KINOCT2011, October 2011.Mpane has also spoken about the influence of Luba art; his portraits owe much to this ancient tradition of human representation. From July 2013 his installation Congo: Shadow of the Shadow (2005) was at LACMA as part of the exhibition Shaping Power: Luba Masterworks from the Royal Museum for Central Africa. Twelve portraits deals with similar issues of post-colonial identity. Mpane celebrates the strength and beauty of the Congolese people, and their resilience in the face of colonial violence. He expressed the intention behind his artworks thus: "I think we must build, not destroy."

Literature:

Baseler Zeitung, Aime Mpane, 21.6.14.,Nomad Gallery, Arts 10+2 Aimé Mpane, (Brussels, 2012) illustrated pp.11, 14, 38-39

Provenance:

Nomad Gallery, Brussels, Belgium