The Jean Pigozzi African Art Collection
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Ça c’est quoi ? - 2000
108 x 152 cm
Acrylic on canvas
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Inconscience naturelle de la femme - 1999
129 x 178 cm
Acrylic on canvas
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J’ai besoin de soutien - 1999
130 x 130 cm
Acrylic on canvas
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Kinshasa le matin - 1990
80 x 122 cm
Acrylic on canvas
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L’obscurité en Afrique Noire - 1999
130 x 180 cm
Acrylic on canvas
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La jeunesse Kinoise - 1999
130 x 189 cm
Acrylic on canvas
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La tentation - 1999
130 x 160 cm
Acrylic on canvas
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Négociations - 1998
134 x 178 cm
Acrylic on canvas
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Quelle condition de travail? - 2004
90 x 124 cm
Acrylic and glitter on canvas
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Rétrospective de la R.D.C. - 2001
90 x 124 cm
Acrylic on canvas, Glitter
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Un artiste malhonnête - 1998
129 x 179 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Maître Syms
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Bayangu Mayala, who calls himself Maitre SYMS, was born in Kinshasa on Dec. 25th, 1955, Republic of the Congo.
In 1976 Chéri Samba accepted him in his workshop where he learned the fabrication of rubber-stamps, silkscreen printing and portrait painting. After some months in 1977, Syms opened his first atelier. His main sources of inspiration are: "the stories of daily life in Kinshasa, the history of the 'boa-man', the small trades, the infidelity. I add the elements of my personal life too; the divorce of my parents, the death of my mother. I am inspired by the Bible".
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 - 2017
"Peinture Populaire du Congo", Palais des Beaux-Arts (Bozar) de Bruxelles, du 7 octobre 2016 au 22 janvier 2017
2011
Feb 6 - Apr 24 2011
JapanCongo, Magasin Grenoble, France
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2014
Post Picasso: Contemporary Reactions, Exhibition catalogue, Museu Picasso, pg 75.
2007
Art for Aids, UNAIDS