Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (11 March 1923 - 28 January 2014) was an Ivorian artist. Quotes I do not work from my imagination, I observe, and what I see delights me A vision of 7 suns led a self-taught Ivoirian artist to draw the everyday and the holy 9 August 2022 Writing is what immortalizes. Writing fights against forgetting Since the sky opened to my eyes and the seven colored suns described a circle of beauty around their ‘Mother-Sun,’ I am the one that must from now on be called ‘Cheik Nadro,’ the Revealer Introducing Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: World Unbound 15 March 2022 Art is know-how, “Art is searching, re-researching, and discovering sublime innocence Frédéric Bouabré: Museum of Modern Art is Finally Paying Attention to Great African Artists 10 September 2022 Quotes about him In some ways, Bouabré became a reference to illustrate the Ivoirian dictionary He says that when he creates art, he sees, he observes and he imitates African artists are often not thought of as contributors to global art history. There's a big appetite from the art world to correct these narratives. And as someone who is African-born, I have a very personal stake in that as well He saw himself as more of a single artistic genius A vision of 7 suns led a self-taught Ivoirian artist to draw the everyday and the holy 9 August 2022 Judging from his images and the brief translations of his writings in the catalogue, Bouabré was an eminently sane, thoroughly happy person Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: World Unbound April 2022 External links Category:1923 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Artists from Ivory Coast