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Original work/Sikasso Wa Kazadi. Oil on canvas "Kwaheri/Au revoir" illustrating Mobutu on the cross. A striking work whose dark theme contrasts with the light color palette. Signed and dated 1997. TBE. 40 X 60 cm Born in Kolwezi in 1955, of Luba origin, Sikasso Wa Kazadi chose the town of Sikasso, Mali as his artist's name because he does not want to be only Katangan or Congolese but feels pan-African. This choice as well as the commitment of certain themes in his painting attest to the artist's desire to be a witness to the history of his country and his continent. Active since 1979, protean artist (painter, stylist, reporter and photographer) he masters various techniques including oil, collage, integrations and photography. He finds the balance of his painting, halfway between an ironic realism (the silhouettes of Mobutu infinitely repeated) and an art of tag-symbol that evokes as crudely as abstractly the daily feelings. His technical mastery allows him to navigate with ease between different pictorial genres. His biographical book was published in 2003. The Royal Museum of Africa has 20 works of the artist in its collections.
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Original work/Sikasso Wa Kazadi. Oil on canvas "Kwaheri/Au revoir" illustrating Mobutu on the cross. A striking work whose dark theme contrasts with the light color palette. Signed and dated 1997. TBE. 40 X 60 cm Born in Kolwezi in 1955, of Luba origin, Sikasso Wa Kazadi chose the town of Sikasso, Mali as his artist's name because he does not want to be only Katangan or Congolese but feels pan-African. This choice as well as the commitment of certain themes in his painting attest to the artist's desire to be a witness to the history of his country and his continent. Active since 1979, protean artist (painter, stylist, reporter and photographer) he masters various techniques including oil, collage, integrations and photography. He finds the balance of his painting, halfway between an ironic realism (the silhouettes of Mobutu infinitely repeated) and an art of tag-symbol that evokes as crudely as abstractly the daily feelings. His technical mastery allows him to navigate with ease between different pictorial genres. His biographical book was published in 2003. The Royal Museum of Africa has 20 works of the artist in its collections.
