Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
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Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, also known as Cheik Nadro (b. c. 1923), is an Ivorian artist.
Bouabré was born in Zéprégüé, and was among the first Ivorians to be educated by the French colonial government. On March 11, 1948, he received a vision, which directly influenced much of his later work. Bouabré created many of his hundreds of small drawings while working as a clerk in various government offices. These drawings depict many different subjects, mostly drawn from local folklore; some also describe his own visions. All the drawings are part of a larger cycle, titled World Knowledge. Bouabré also created a 448-letter, universal alphabet, which he used to transcribe the oral tradition of his people. the Bétés.
Today, Bouabré lives in Abidjan; many of his drawings are in the collection of Jean Pigozzi. One of his emblematic drawings is saved in the L'appartement 22 Commection on the African continent: "Une divine peinture relevée sur le corps d'une mandarine jaunie", made by Bouabré in 1994 in Abidjan.
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- Bio from the National Museum of African Art
- L'appartement 22 Collection in Rabat and exhibition [1].
[edit] Galleries
- African Contemporary | Contemporary African Art Gallery
- Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: A childlike world of goodness and colour - review in The Daily Telegraph 04/09/2007
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