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New York 2015

  • 1-54 Forum 2015
  • Exhibitors 2015

Bouabré, Frédéric Bruly

Born c. 1923 in Zéprégüé, Côte d’Ivoire. Died in 2014 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Divine peinture relevée sur une orange, 2011, Ballpoint pen, coloured pencil on cardboard, 19 x 15 cm, Courtesy Galerie MAGNIN-A 

The origin of all of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré’s work stems from a revelatory experience: on March 11, 1948, “the heavens opened up before my eyes and seven colourful suns described a circle of beauty around their Mother-Sun: I became Cheik Nadro: He who does not forget.” From then on Bouabré tackled multiple fields of knowledge, his manuscripts revealing his extensive research on the arts, poetry, folk tales, religion, aesthetics, and philosophy; evidence, indeed, of an astonishing thinker, poet, encyclopedist, and creator. Searching for a way to preserve and transmit the knowledge of the Bete people, as well as a universal language, he invented an alphabet of 448 monosyllabic pictograms to represent the phonetics of linguistic syllables. This endeavor earned Bouabré the legendary reputation of being another Champollion, in reference to the great scholar and linguist Jean-Paul Champollion (1790–1832) who discovered the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs. Bouabré’s alphabet, which transcribes human sound, reflects the essence of his aspiration to unite humankind.

Selected Artists

Olu Amoda

Toyin Loye

Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo

Conrad Botes

Hazoumè, Romuald

Bouabré, Frédéric Bruly

Mudariki, Richard

Bruce Clarke

Artists 2015

  • A

    • Abdoulaye Konaté
    • Aboudia
    • Alaoui, Leila
    • Andrianomearisoa, Joël
    • Asha Zero
    • Ayana V. Jackson
  • B

    • Bandoma, Steve
    • Barend de Wet
    • Bobson Sukhdeo Mohanlall
    • Boua, Armand
    • Bouabré, Frédéric Bruly
    • Boutté, Nathalie
    • Bright Ugochukwu Eke
    • Bruce Clarke
  • C

    • Calixte Dakpogan
    • Cissé, Soly
    • Conrad Botes
  • D

    • Daniel Blom
    • Diop, Omar Victor
  • E

    • Edson Chagas
  • G

    • Gbré, François-Xavier
    • Gérard Quenum
  • H

    • Hazoumè, Romuald
  • I

    • Ibrahim Mahama
  • J

    • Jean-Claude Moschetti
    • Jim Chuchu
  • K

    • Keïta, Seydou
    • Kentridge, William
    • Kganye, Lebohang
    • Kura Shomali
  • L

    • Lavar Munroe
    • Lemaoana, Lawrence
    • Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Maïmouna Guerresi
    • Mansaray, Abu Bakarr
    • Megumi Matsubara
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Mika, JP
    • Monsengo Shula
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
    • Mudariki, Richard
  • N

    • Ndiaye, Cheikh
    • Nidhal Chamekh
    • Nzebo, Boris
  • O

    • Ojeikere, J.D. ‘Okhai
    • Olu Amoda
    • Owusu-Ankomah
  • P

    • Paul Sika
    • Peter E Clarke
  • R

    • Ransome Stanley
    • Rim Battal
    • ruby onyinyechi amanze
  • S

    • Samba, Chéri
    • Sammy Baloji
    • Sanogo, Amadou
    • Sidibé, Malick
  • T

    • Theo Eshetu
    • Toyin Loye
    • Tshindele, Pathy
  • V

    • van Hove, Eric
    • Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo
  • W

    • Wayne Barker
  • Y

    • Younès Baba-Ali
  • Z

    • Zangewa, Billie

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