The Opening Is on Saturday

Opening the year Protected content , AFIKARIS gallery is pleased to present "Où la terre et le ciel se croisent" (Where the Earth and the Sky Meet), the third solo exhibition by Saïdou Dicko at the gallery. This new series of painted photographs and watercolour paintings draws inspiration from Petit Berger (Little Sheperd), the autobiographical film in which Dicko recounts his early years as a shepherd, walking endlessly toward the horizon in an attempt to touch the sky. Protected content

Saidou DICKO is a Peul artist From Burkina Faso. Protected content
Fulani/Peul,a people of nomadic shepherds,the world’s largest nomadic group of about 20 M people spread in different countries.They are diverse,&they adhere to a code of conduct called “pulaaku,”which embraces patience, wisdom,modesty and courage.

Born in Déou, Burkina Faso, Protected content
He lives and works in Paris. At the age of 5, Dicko,a Fulani shepherd,learned to draw by collecting the shadows of his sheep on the soils of the Sahel.A self-taught painter and photographer since Protected content enjoys bringing together opposites to speak to us of equality, unity, and maternal love. Through his installations blending video, photography, and painting, he presents poetic works that reveal him day by day.

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