2 March – 7 April 2019 | Barcelona - Spain
ON THE ROAD AGAIN | SAADIO
Kodak | 2018 | 149cm H x 149cm W | Acrylic on canvas
Kodak - 2018 | 5
Si t’as soif, Coca-Cola - 2018 | 6
Hugo Boss - 2018 | 7
Casamance - 2019 | 8
Scène de rue - 2018 | 9
Saxo -
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Scooter II - 2018 |
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Africa my Home - 2016 |
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Biography | 14
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Looking at SAADIO'S paintings is like reading hieroglyphs; they are magnificent but reserved for the initiated (those who can read them). Introduced by his family to the Peulh signs and the cosmogenic mysteries of the Dogon, this guardian of mysteries in turn uses symbols to express the evolution of the African people — the confrontation of traditional rituals in the heart of contemporary African society. Sacred elements can be found in the mysterious presence of animals lost in an urban maze; hens, crocodiles, snakes, fish... truly traditional symbolism at the core of a city that is alive, colourful and redolent, where thousands of people are on the move, whether by car, motorbike or walking as planes fly overhead.
The artist, Saadio (Senegal)
Dakar's walls speak... almost literally. Billboards and graffiti abound and the city is discovered by means of its walls. In this colourful urban microcosm, popular symbols are made prominent by SAADIO, often in a nostalgic manner. For example, his artwork titled "Kodak" in which he incorporates the photographic studios of Dakar that once worked with Kodak film. SAADIO isolates the observed object and integrates it into a background of symbols painted like hieroglyphs. The African city is presented as a place of tricksters, of odd jobs such as salesmen pushing cell phone credit, sellers of milky NescafĂŠ coffee at breakfast, cheese sellers, vendors of peanuts, Coca-Cola, handkerchiefs or biscuits with sesame seeds.
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Kodak | 2018 | 149cm H x 149cm W | Acrylic on canvas | Price: 4.400€
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Si t’as soif, Coca-Cola | 2018 | 120 x 120cm | Acrylic on canvas | Price: 2.900€
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Hugo Boss | 2018 | 120cm H x 120cm W | Acrylic canvas | Price: 2.900€
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Casamance | 2019 | 100cm H x 150cm W | Acrylic on canvas | Price: 3.300€
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Scène de rue | 2018 |100cm H x 149cm W | Acrylic on canvas | Price: 3.300€
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Saxo | 2019 | 149cm H x 149cm W | Acrylic on canvas | Price: 4.400€
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Scooter II | 2018 | 149cm H x 149cm W | Acrylic on canvas | Price: 4.400€
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Africa my Home | 2016 | 69cm H x 119cm W | Acrylic on canvas | Price: 1.800€
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Solo shows 2019 | "Taxi Bamako" - Bamako, Mali 2018 | "Taxi Bamako" - Bamako, Mali 2017 | “City Trip” – Out of Africa Gallery – Sitges (Barcelona), Spain "Jungle urbans" - Mauro Petroni - Dakar, Senegal 2016 | Biennal Dak'Art OFF - Villa 126 - Dakar, Senegal 2015 | Zein'art Gallery - Nouakchott, Mauritania "Le parcours" - British Council - Dakar, Senegal 2014 | Alliance française - Ziguinchor, Senegal Biennal Dak'Art OFF - Villa 126, Senegal 2012 | DAK’ART OFF – Agency Senegambie – Dakar, Senegal 2007 | Koné & Pounder Space Gallery – Los Angeles, USA “Le constat”, Boribana Museum – Dakar, Senegal
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Group shows 2019 | Duo show "On the road again" - OOA Gallery - Barcelona, Spain 2018 | Duo show - Biennal Dak'Art - Villa 126 - Dakar, Senegal 2017 | "Dakar-Bamako" - Medina Gallery - Bamako, Mali 2015 | "Dakar Woman's Group" - Dakar, Senegal "Regards sur cours" - Gorée - Dakar, Senegal 2014 | “DAK’ART OFF”, Villa 126 – Dakar, Senegal "Dakar Woman's Group" - Dakar, Senegal "Regards sur cours" - Gorée - Dakar, Senegal 2013 | Festival “Regards sur cour”, Gorée Island, Senegal 2012 | «One night for Dakar» – Fine Arts School – Herzele, Belgium Dakar Women’s group – Dakar, Senegal 2011 | Festival « Joko » – Ngor Island, Senegal Festival « XEEX Art » – Dakar City Hall, Senegal 85th Anniversary exhibition of the company Eiffage – Dakar, Senegal « Regards sur cours » Festival – Gorée Island, Senegal Dakar Women’s group – Dakar, Senegal Fribourg, Germany
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2010 | Fund raising exhibition in favour of the earthquake victims - Walu - Haiti Artistic get together with artists from Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, France, Economic Community of West African States, New African Initiative states, Bamako, Mali DAK’ART OFF – Agora Space – Dakar, Senegal 2009 | Dakar Women’s Group – Dakar, Senegal 2008 | Universal Exhibition – French Pavilion - Zaragoza, Spain DAK’ART OFF – Horizon Chanel – Dakar, Senegal DAK’ART OFF – Arte Gallery – Dakar, Senegal Exhibition organized by Senegalese collector Pape Kame - Veneto, Italy Exhibition of the Plateau artists - FESMIR – Sorano – Dakar, Senegal 2007 | Dakar Women’s group – Dakar, Senegal 2006 | DAK’ART OFF - Ngor Island, Senegal 2004 | Galerie Africaine – Aude Minart – Paris, France 2002 | CAEDAS (Wives Committee of Accredited Diplomats in Senegal) – Dakar, Senegal 2002 | Bleu Gallery – Dakar, Senegal 1999 | International Fair of Young Artists – National Gallery – Dakar, Senegal 1994 | Blaise Diagne Cultural Centre – Dakar, Senegal
Other activities 2015 | Creation of a mural on the Highway in Senegal - with the collaboration of Eiffage Jokko workshop - Ngor Island - Dakar, Senegal 2012 | Illustration of the book « La vie à Dakar » 1997 | Workshops on Ngor Island – Senegal 1990 | Mural in Sicap Baobab – Dakar, Senegal
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