Belgium-based Congolese artist Aimé Mpane creates sculptures, mosaic-like wall hangings, and portraits carved on wood that explore the fundamental connection between place and personal identity. In this talk, Mpane speaks about his artistic practice, including the two works, Mapasa and Maman Calcule, featured in Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century. Moderated by The Phillips Collection’s senior curator Elsa Smithgall.
Please note the artist will deliver his talk in French, with concurrent English translation provided.
Aimé Mpane (b. 1968, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; lives in Brussels, Belgium) received his BFA in Congo, then went on to study at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels in Brussels, Belgium. He has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium (forthcoming, 2021); Museum of Katanga, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (2011); and Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX (2007). He has been included in significant group exhibitions including Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today at Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY (2019) and Black Models: From Gericault to Matisse at the Musée de Orsay, Paris, France (2019); and Double Take: African Innovations, Brooklyn Museum, NY (2016).
