Chéri Samba (Congolese Drc, Born 1956) Kin Kamundele (Unframed)
Provenienza : [Propriété non datée]
- The collection of Mr Jan Hintjens, Belgium; Gaia Sale, December 2007, Lot 192; A private collection
- The title Kin-Kamundele can be understood as 'Kin, the place of the white people,' referring to Kinshasa seen through the presence or influence of European lifestyle
- In this work, Chéri Samba captures lively snippets of everyday speech in Kinshasa, mixing Lingala, French, and urban slang to portray the rhythms of daily life
- The dialogues about money, work, consumption, and mistrust reflect the economic dynamics and social interactions of the city
- References to selling goats, rising prices, and finding new ways to make a living coexist with scenes of leisure, spending, and suspicion
- Altogether, the painting offers a vivid, humorous, and sharply observant snapshot of contemporary urban life in Kinshasa
- The translations of the text are as follows: Two men in the background: Ozo tika yango na poussière boye. 'You're leaving that in the dust like that?' Couverture ekoma talo mingi na magasin
- Soki okosomba te, kende na yo. 'Blankets have become very expensive in the shop
- If you're not going to buy, then go on your way.' Two men in the foreground: Pona nini bino nyonso bokomi kaka koteka cabri?
- Misala mosusu ezali te? 'Why have you all started selling goats?
- Aren't there any other jobs?' Oyo ezali moyen de vivre ya sika po na biso ba jeunes
- Ezalikaka libanga vieux. 'This is a new way of making a living for us young people
- It's tough, man.' The scene on the left displaying a boy and a girl drinking: Petite, videz verre tolia coin. 'Girl, finish your drink, we're going to spend some money / enjoy ourselves.'('Come on, finish your drink, we're going to have fun and spend.') Te, nakomela te namoni neti otielingai roche. 'No, I don't drink
- It looks like you put something suspicious in my drink.'
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Condition_report : This work is in global good condition. There are visible crackings in the paint all over the surface. There are noticeable areas of paint loss on the edges of the artwork. The canvas is slightly coming loose from the stretcher frame in the upper left corner.
