Jean Servais Somian Ivory Coast , b. 1971
Demoiselle à trous colorés, 2019
Emptied coconut tree trunk lacquered with yellow, blue and red.
82 5/8 x 31 1/2 in
210 x 80 cm
210 x 80 cm
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Trained at the age of 16 with the Lebanese Georges Ghandour, he made his debut between Côte d'Ivoire and Switzerland: at the cabinetmaking center of Ghandour in Abidjan and craftsman...
Trained at the age of 16 with the Lebanese Georges Ghandour, he made his debut between Côte d'Ivoire and Switzerland: at the cabinetmaking center of Ghandour in Abidjan and craftsman of Grand-Bassam then in Lausanne within the agency of design Daniel Beck. He works the palm tree thanks to a craftsman descended from a family of sculptors of the king, the "old Kanga". Long years lived like an in-between in Africa and Europe.
Jean Servais Somian multiplies the solo shows and group shows in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Africa in prestigious spaces: galleries, museums, Foundations, in Geneva, Cologne, Paris, Dakar, Algiers, Aachen. His art has joined illustrious collections around the world: notably Mathias & Gervane Leridon, King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
Jean Servais Somian multiplies the solo shows and group shows in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Africa in prestigious spaces: galleries, museums, Foundations, in Geneva, Cologne, Paris, Dakar, Algiers, Aachen. His art has joined illustrious collections around the world: notably Mathias & Gervane Leridon, King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
Provenance
Made in Ivory Coast - sold in FranceExhibitions
The contemporary art world tour continues at the 193 Gallery with a focus on abstract art and the visual impact of color through the exhibition: Colors of Abstraction 2. The exhibition is a crossing at the confluence of painting, sculpture and design which finds its climax in an exploration of color which leads it towards abstraction: at the crossroads of spaces, of the African and European continents. and South American. Ghizlane Agzenaï (Morocco), Valentina Canseco (Chile-Brazil-France) and Jean Servais Somian (Ivory Coast) are art smugglers, their gestures transcend eras, borders and territories. Alchemists, masters of color, plastic artists, they orient variations and decipher signs around a free, colorful and contemporary stroll at the sources of abstraction. They are reminiscent of the awakening of a current born at the beginning of the 20th century by flashes of Fauvism, cubism, figurative expressionism.
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