Galerie Vallois
Julien Sinzogan , Bénin
"Le Souffle du Bénin"
Julien SINZOGAN, Les voiles Tembé, 2023, Oil on canvas, 180 x 200 cm © Charles Placide Courtesy Galerie Vallois
Internationally renowned painter and draftsman, Julien Sinzogan was born in 1957 in Porto-Novo, Benin. He worked in France for many years before returning to Benin.
The artist draws inspiration from the history and culture of Benin. His murals recount the tragedy of slavery, exile, and uprooting, alongside the power of Vodou, which connects African peoples to their descendants. He also celebrates the power of African kingdoms, the epic of great sea voyages, and the meeting of worlds: Africa, Europe, America, reconciled in the hope of a peaceful and harmonious future. His works are present in numerous private and public collections.
Solo show of Julien Sinzogan
From May 2nd to June 1st, 2024.
The gallery
La Galerie Vallois is dedicated to modern and contemporary art. It was founded by Robert Vallois in 1983. Today, it is spread across two spaces in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, at 35 and 41 rue de Seine, adjacent to the Art Deco gallery founded in 1971 by Robert and Cheska Vallois.
Initially focused on sculpture, Galerie Vallois now represents painters, photographers, sculptors, and other visual artists from diverse geographical backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on contemporary African art, and more specifically, Beninese art.
It is now one of the key players in contemporary African artistic creation, both locally with the establishment of the Lobozounkpa Center (in Abomey-Calavi, Benin), and in Europe with the exhibitions and publications dedicated to it by the gallery.
Gallery artists
Achille Adonon, Didier Ahadji, Tatiana Antoshina, Edwige Aplogan, Aston, Youss Atacora, Philippe Brodzki , Mark Brusse, Elisabeth Buffoli, Agustín Cárdenas, Jorge Luis Miranda Carracedo, Chasse-Pot, William Chattaway, Coco Fronsac, Joseph Csaky, Charly D’Almeida, Marius Dansou, Benjamin Déguénon, Roberto Diago, Richard Di Rosa, Kifouli Dossou, Gao Brothers, Euloge Glèlè, George Herms, King Houndekpinkou, Ipoustéguy, KCHO, Richard Korblah, Yuri Kuper, Bengt Lindström, Daldo Marte, Yujiro Otsuki, Stéphane Pencréac’h, Gérard Quenum, Rémy Samuz, Leonid Sokov, Tchif, Prince Toffa, Epaphras Toihen, Nathanaël Vodouhè, A-Sun Wu, Boris Zaborov, Franck Zanfanhouédé, Dominique Zinkpè
Galerie sélectionnée par Gaëlle Choisne
