Description: aluminium print, Yves Sambu?s work is based on the evolution of man and the social integration of men and women in the city. He addresses cohabitation issues which demand respect for one another despite differences in point of view, conviction, and way of being. He is also inspired by the "La Sape" movement in Congo: colourfully and luxuriously dressed men that roam the streets of Kinshasa. Sapeurism can be traced all the way back to the colonial period in Brazzaville and Kinshasa when house slaves were given clothing instead of money as compensation for their work.
Dimensions: M: 113 cm x 76 cm, M: 44,5 inch x 29,9 inch
Condition Report: See description
Exhibited: "Vanité apparent", solo Exhibition, KVS Royal Flemish Theater, Brussels, Belgium, 2011; "Vanité Apparente", Nomad Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2012; "Vanité Apparente", solo Exhibition, 44 Gallery Contemporary of Photography, Bruges, Belgium, 2012; "The surreal Congo", Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte?, Dortmund, Germany, 2012; "African Odyssey", Le Brass, Brussels, Belgium, 2015, Curator: Louis Vuitton Fondation & N. A. Yensi; "Vanité Apparente", Afropean Mimicry-Mockery, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany, 2015
Literature: https://www.ngola-biennial.org/Participants/Yves-Sambu https://www.vice.com/de/article/9bmzaz/die-eitelkeit-von-kinshasas-sapeuren-yves-sambu-161
Provenance: Private Collection Brussels, Belgium