Yamadjako artiste

27/05/2021

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06/01/2021

On view on ArtSail

Amour maternelle by Lionel Yamadjako

Lionel Yamadjako is a visual artist originally from Benin. He has trained in several workshops and collective residencies in Nigeria in particular and exhibits in Benin, in Africa and internationally.
If the themes he tackles are varied, he draws his inspiration from African culture and everyday life, while often referring to current events.
Through his creations and thanks to his work and his plastic research around the notion of identity, the artist gets to know himself. According to him, identity is the set of elements allowing to individualize someone and in psychology, it is the awareness of the persistence of the “I”. This concept not only contributes to the artist’s self-identification but also helps him to better understand the society in which he lives. At the origin of his works are his questions, his worries, his silence, his past and his present.
Yamadjako gives an identity to his ovoid characters, different not only by their size but also by their habits. They complement each other with their individual richness based on their hopes, passions, inadequacies and values, even though they are forced to live together and collaborate for the good of humanity, according to the universal law of union in difference.
He wants his works to speak and exchange with the public. In order to arouse maximum emotion, the artist encourages his public to touch his works.
Yamadjako operates in mixed-media with collage and installation works using acrylic paint and oil pastel.

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