Adama Boye

Country: 
Senegal
General: 

Adama Boye who is part of the last generation. The noble and heavy heritage left by Younousse Seye and jealously maintained by Germaine Anta Gaye has been of great value to the young generation of Senegalese plasticians whose Adama Boye is one of the torch doors. With a Djamilatou Bikami leaf, she is one of the most active artists in Senegal. She is a construction technician, designer, and artist, and she confesses to drawing inspiration from experienced artists, especially women like Younousse Seye. The series Same liniou moom, or preserving what is ours, invites us to preserve our identity while magnifying the courage and dynamism of African women. Same liniou moom is also a tribute to the women of Nder. Adama Boye’s work is an anthem to the preservation of an African cultural identity. Its realization uses very symbolic materials. The use of animal skin, its favorite medium, gives a mystic and very festive aspect to his work. Whether in the making of gray or the making of rhythmic instruments, the skin is always used. The presence of the woven loaf, which in Africa welcomes the newborn and accompanies the deceased to his last home, and which in fact has a special significance, complements the device. A whole section of Senegalese and African culture is visited in the work of Adama Boye "We Africans are very conservative. Our ancestors did everything to preserve cultural and social relations, I am very traditionalist and dear to our culture," she tells us. On the canvas, on the skin, on the lodge or on any other medium, through painting or collage, she recalls the past and mystery of Africa and carries the orange and red metaphor of a beautiful, sociable and warm Africa. She also became involved in the battles of the plastic woman.

17th Luxor International Painting Symposium
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