UMRISSENE WELTEN
Exhibition: – 29 Oct 2022
ARTCO Berlin Frobenstr. 1 10783 Berlin +49 (0) 1578 -9094047 info@artco-art.com www.artco-art.com Tue-Fri 11-13+14-19, Sat 12-18
Saïdou Dicko
VIP-MEETING, 2022
Hand painted (ink) on photography and digital collages without retouching
Archival Pigment Print on 325 g Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta
90 x 120 cm
Saïdou Dicko WHERE ARE YOU MY TWIN, 2022 Hand painted (ink) on photography and digital collages without retouching Archival Pigment Print on 325 g Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 100 x 75 cm
Saïdou Dicko
"Umrissene Welten"
Exhibition: 14 September - 29 October 2022 Opening: Tuesday, 13 September, 6pm
At an early age, Saïdou Dicko (born 1979 in Burkina Faso) realised that he could see clouds not only in the sky but also in the sands of his home town. As a young Fulani shepherd, he looks into the red sands of the Sahel and traces the pillowy shadows cast by the migrating clouds above. First the outlines of his sheep, later the silhouettes of people, all are captured vividly by Dicko on the walls of houses or on the colourful fabrics embroidered by his mother. These shadows remain the core element of his visual storytelling - spanning across his photography, film, installation work and painting. "As a child, I looked at them (shadows) the way others look at clouds, and invented stories. I started by drawing on the floor and walls, then on fabrics that my mother embroidered." In his early series of works, THE SHADOW THIEF, he follows his family and friends with a mobile phone camera, tracing their paths and action. But the shadow thief does not rob these people’s identity; instead, the alienation of these perspective-broken silhouettes brings us closer to the intimate gestures of the people depicted - emphasising the role of childlike play, hard work, and the complex yet familiar family dynamic. Abstraction is adopted in the artist’s work as a trick to draw the viewer’s attention more intently to the social contexts in each scene. We see the characters at petrol stations, sat in conversation on the porches of houses, or riding their bicycles through the capital city of Ouagadougou. Now living and working in Paris, Dicko has taken this abstraction to the next level. In his latest works, he dips the figures in his photographs in black oil, building another layer into the image, tangible in its physicality. Anonymising the subjects through thick brushstrokes, he breaks down the concept of the individual, democratising his characters by removing key societal indicators such as age, wealth and faith. Dicko’s dynamic compositions play out against a background of colourful textiles, the likes of which hark to the beginning of his artistic career and practice. Dicko has been shown in various international exhibitions, collections and museums, gaining acclaim across these multiple exhibitions and shows.
Saïdou Dicko
LA BOUILLOIRE, 2014
Print on Hahnemühle Baryta
38 x 57 cm
Edition of 5 + 1ap
Saïdou Dicko TAPIS PEULH, 2012 Collage of photographs on wood plate 182 x 258 cm
Saïdou Dicko TWINS, 2022 Hand painted (ink) on photography and digital collages without retouching Archival Pigment Print on 325 g Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 90 x 120 cm
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