Series of work by S.Downham-Lotto, commenced by the talibé
In early spring 2022, Sara was given studio space at Dakar’s Village des Arts in Senegal. Over the course of a couple of months, she created her Talibé Paintings – a series of pieces integrating and responding to drawings and paintings collaboratively created with the talibé in Saint-Louis. Making some of her finest work to date, Sara was invited to take part in the Dakar Art Biennale 2022 with two of her Talibé Triptych pieces, Waaw-Waaw and Bokku.
Looking closely at the Talibé Triptych and the Little by Little the Bird Builds the Nest series, you’ll see clues as to how and where these paintings were started; all began as the work of talibé children facilitated by and co-created with Sara, and makes for an interesting story (see Project posts Creative Voice for Senegal’s Talibé and Dakar Artist Residency).
‘Half of the final product – a giant, stitched-together painting – now hangs on the walls of Maison de la Gare in Saint-Louis. The rest came with me on my journey through Senegal. Arriving in the studio at Village des Arts in Dakar, the process continued; more cutting up, tearing, stitching, painting over, rubbing and scratching into, gluing onto board, layering, reassembling. The process takes over, with the work of the talibé barely visible, but nonetheless a very necessary start to the whole process of intuitive call and response. We made it together, in other words.’
All work is mixed media painting and stitching on paper or hardboard.
92cms x 92cm
92cms x 92cm
92cms x 92cm
40cm x 40cm
40cm x 40cm
40cm x 40cm
Double-sided 35cm x 55cm
Double-sided 35cm x 55cm
Full double-sided piece 200cm x 70cm
Full double-sided piece 200cm x 70cm
See also Gallery post Pot Rouge.
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