Born in 1977 in Senegal, Omar Ba lives and works in Dakar and Geneva. His paintings, produced using a variety of techniques and materials, represent political and social motifs open to multiple interpretations. His artistic vocabulary raises historical and timeless questions while formulating a wholly contemporary artistic message. Omar Ba’s iconography features personal metaphors, ancestral references and hybrid figures. This combination of heterogeneous elements illustrates his desire to abolish boundaries and categories. His work, with its enigmatic nature and poetic intensity, rejects all forms of didactic narrative, seeking instead to express his subconscious and his symbolic interpretation of the real
Sans titre (Mur peint), 2016
Oil, pencil, Indian ink, acrylic, gouache on cardboard boxes
361 x 616 x 40 cm
142 1/8 x 242 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.
Diafate, 2018
Oil, pencil, acrylic, gouache on cardboard canvas
250 x 200 cm
98 3/8 x 78 3/4 in.
Between 1, 2017
Oil, pencil, Indian ink and acrylic on canvas
200 x 150 cm
78 3/4 x 59 in.
Identity and roots 1, 2017
Oil, pencil, Indian ink and acrylic on canvas
200 x 150 cm
79 x 59 in.
Identity 1, 2017
Oil, pencil, acrylic, gouache on cardboard
170 x 140 cm
67 x 55 in.
Identity 2, 2017
Oil, pencil, acrylic, gouache on cardboard
170 x 140 cm
67 x 55 in.
Afrique Now, 2016
Oil, gouache, acrylic on corrugated cardboard
200 x 130 cm
78 3/4 x 51 1/8 in.
Promenade masquée 2, 2016
Oil, acrylic, gouache, pencil on canvas
200 x 200 cm
78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in.
Exhibition view, Éclosion, 2016
Exhibition view, Éclosion, 2016
Exhibition view, Éclosion, 2016
Exhibition view, Éclosion, 2016
Plateforme de la confiance - CFA pillage à huis clos1, 2016
Oil, pencil, India ink, acrylic, gouache on corrugated cardboard
143,5 x 201 cm
56 1/2 x 79 1/8 in.
Plateforme de la confiance - richesse - pillage à huis clos 2, 2016
Oil, pencil, India ink, acrylic, gouache on corrugated cardboard
140,5 x 200 cm
55 5/16 x 78 3/4 in.
Le décideur, 2016
Oil, acrylic, gouache, pencil on corrugated cardboard
119,5 x 103,5 cm
47 x 40 3/4 in.
Mayday, mayday, mayday, 2013
Oil, acrylic, gouache, Indian ink, on corrugated cardboard
125 x 100 cm
49 1/4 x 39 3/8 in.
Traces et mémoires 3, 2013
Oil, pencil, Indian ink, acrylic, gouache on corrugated cardboard
225 x 127 cm
88 5/8 x 50 in.
18 cardboards
Acte 1 â?? action, 2014
Oil, pencil, Indian ink, acrylic, gouache on corrugated cardboard
200 x 130 cm
78 3/4 x 51 1/8 in.
