Limited Edition – Dominic Zinkpe, ‘Allumeuse’

Self-taught artist Dominique Zinkpe (b. 1969) is one of Benin’s most celebrated exports, who enjoys global acclaim for his idiosyncratic style and complex, multidisciplinary expression. His work interrogates, highlights and satirises ideas drawn from his context, his Beninese heritage providing a rich inspiration and visual language. The tensions that load his work are not purely external, but also speak of the inner struggles of the human condition, with hybrid figures embodying a push and pull between two states – human/animal, living/dead. Zinkpe came to the attention of the international art world in 1993 when he was awarded the Young African Talent Award at the Grapholie in Cote d Ivoire, followed by the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Prize at the Dakar Biennale in 2002. He has exhibited extensively, including solo shows across Africa, Europe and in the USA.

Alumeuse (translated as Tease) demonstrates that the tensions that load Zinkpe’s work are not purely external, but also speak of the inner struggles of the human condition, with hybrid figures embodying a push and pull between two states – human/animal, living/dead. The work is the space where frivolous pleasures evoke a tension between intense satisfaction and utter ruin.

Dominic Zinkpe, ‘Allumeuse’, 2020, hand-pulled screen print on BFK Rives 250gsm, 68x56cm, Edition of 30 plus 2 APs.

WARNING. Keep out of direct sunlight. Handle with extreme care as works on paper are easily creased, bent or torn. Store in a dry, climate controlled facility.

This work is couriered rolled in a protective tube or flat on a protective backing board. Frame with non-acidic archival materials.