Biography

Visual sculptor whose work evolves in the worlds of African tradition and the modern world.
Born in 1977 in Abidjan where he studied at the Beaux Arts in Bingerville, Abou came to Ouagadougou to draw on other sources of inspiration. Welcomed by the Olorun Foundation, he very quickly abandoned an overly academic art to dive happily into a more inventive, more daring universe. He has just had several exhibitions abroad, including one in Colombia where he also gave sculpture lessons. Even if his sources of inspiration remain very anchored in his culture, the assembly of materials that he organizes around his woods demonstrates real modernity. Keys, inner tubes, nails and other cans translate all the contrasts of an Africa constantly oscillating between tradition and modernity. Abou attacks wood and various installations, with real energy demonstrating all his determination to want to establish himself in an art that his continent has been able to impose on everyone for a long time.

The artist at work

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14 artworks

Artistic domains : Sculpture (13)

1 Series

• Sidibé Abou | 15 artworks