Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (1923–2014) was an Ivorian poet and visual artist. His distinctive body of work was influenced by a ‘divine intervention’ he experienced in March 1948, as described in his own words: ‘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 started to collect a vast amount of knowledge, researching various fields such as science, literature, religion and philosophy and recording his thoughts in notebooks.

Works

Wono-Kprôko: un paquet-feminin-en Egypte des pyramides pointués, ce monument est tombe-feminine
Sabhla: Pêlo: Commerce: C´est un instrument de musique composée d'une calebasse en filet d'os“
„un oiseau hybride imagé par la peau d´une banane jaunie par la maturité“
„Pépéa-wonon: Dali: femme de fête: le plus beau canari
„Gbahi: Curdents: symbole de sommeil: de songe: de rêve***
Fra: Le peigne-symbole de la caresse-hoafô fra rou-yao: on ne la caresse pas

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

Une autre partie de la décoration d'une gaine d'épée (II)
Une autre partie de la décoration d'une gaine d'épée (II), 4.5.1993
coloured pencil and ball point on cardboard
16,5 x 11,3 cm, framed 23 x 19 cm