Omar Ba (Senegalese, Born 1977) Time Out, 2016 (Framed)
Provenance : [Propriété non datée]
- Acquired from Art Bärtschi & Cie; A private collection
- It was here where he started developing his original abstract and surreal style
- Today, Ba splits his time between Dakar and Geneva
- In 2010, he won the Swiss Art Award following his work being exhibited with the Galerie Guy Bärtschi
- A string of exhibitions such as at the BOZAR in Brussels and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris in 2017 as well as partaking in Art Basel and exhibiting in Bienne at CentrePasqueArt in 2013, Omar Ba has continued to garner success with his surrealist representations of political and social issues
- Poetic and symbolic, his works allow the viewer a lens into his subconscious
- With a strong focus on concepts of duality, Ba's works present both the imaginary and historically factual
- That statement can be related to the present work
- A severed heart dominates the space of the work with looming background figures including military officials, flying cars, and animalistic figures
- Metaphors for the resilience of his heritage, these characters and symbols in his work recall traditional African mythology and history
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