Statement 

My work is a reflection on human condition in its historical, cultural, spiritual and environmental context. I believe that the act of painting is not only a language, but also another way of marking a presence in history. My intention in painting black-and-white figures in a multicolored environment is to express the idea of dialogue between the past and the present. For some time now, I have been depicting the heads of my characters as black silhouettes, eliminating any human faces. It's a way of allowing the public's imagination to take hold and questioning the concept of individualism in contemporary societies. The idea is to create a mirror effect between the public and my work. My interest in figuration stems from the fact that it seems more immediately accessible to the large audience. Working with live models expresses the real presence of bodies that impose themselves and at the same time undergo a certain conditioning and vulnerability through the circumstance and space in which they are confronted. In this way, my work is a situational setting accessible to viewers.

 

The American painter Shane Wolf has contributed significantly to my technical approach, which is a blend of academic classicism revering both beauty and balance, and very contemporary gesture, which translates into the ferocious twisting of contorted bodies. The work of modern American painters Aeron Douglas and Alfred Leslie, as well as contemporary Malian photographer Saidu Keita, has greatly influenced my practice, both conceptually and thematically. In my view, they contain this vision of ordinary reality, but also a perceptive character. All these approaches form the core of my artistic approach, which is characterized by a realistic, open-minded, fantasy-free approach and a questioning of society and human condition as it is.