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under the curatorship of Simon jami. The present exhibition at
the Out of Africa Gallery is the first real exhibition of Onguene’s
work on the European continent.
The "Adventure Between the Ruins" project, which he presents
to us here, questions, in his own words "the causes of the
emergence of the informal sector in Africa". Illustrated on the
gray backgrounds of a chaotic world, almost already buried in
the past, the daily life of these anonymous “heroes”, painted
with precision in a very figurative way, who strive to survive
however they can, through the practice of an exhausting
multitude of "odd jobs”. One wonders how they manage to
feed themselves and even their families.
AU COEUR DE LA FRICHE | 2021
120cm H x 110cm W | Acrylic on canvas - ENQUIRE
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