Initially, vibrant fashions, full in shiny and daylight materials, the figures within the work of the Cameroonian artist Marc Padeu are mixed with scary gravitas. His large-scale works come from a fascination with the facility of the narrative, the connection of the historic canon of Western art-especially Renaissance titans reminiscent of Caravaggio-with modern experiences in Cameroon.
Padeu was skilled by the church as a fresco painter. It’s based mostly on dramatic biblical tales to evaluate vital spiritual and non secular tales with every day moments that intensify the black pleasure, free time, household and fraternity.
By way of acrylic rapid immediateness, Padeu makes figures in every day, however memorable scenes, or gathered outdoor to loosen up, attend a baptism or solemn coexisista in opposition to the background of residing environment.
Lots of Padeu’s work are impressed by Renaissance compositions, reminiscent of “La Réunion Syndical”, which bears indications of “The Final Cina” (1495-1498) by Da Vinci or “Cina La Emmaus” (1601) of Caravaggio. Ported nearly the dimension of life, the artist’s tables immers us in rites and moments of union.
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